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Shire Gaucher Drug Gains EU Approval

Shire has been granted marketing authorization by the European Commission for VPRIV, a human cell line-derived enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for the long-term treatment of type 1 Gaucher disease.

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Shire has been granted marketing authorization by the European Commission for VPRIV, a human cell line-derived enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for the long-term treatment of type 1 Gaucher disease. VPRIV has been authorized as an orphan drug through the Centralized Procedure, making it available in 30 countries in Europe. This approval was based on data from Shire’s velaglucerase alfa clinical development program in more than 100 Gaucher patients at 24 sites in 10 countries around the wo...

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