Article: Amicus Series B Garners $31M For Oral Fabry's Small Molecule.

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Wading into the turbulent waters of treatments for lysosomal storage disorders - in which other companies have clashed over patent holdings - Amicus Therapeutics Inc. raised $31 million in a Series B financing to advance its candidate for Fabry's disease to the clinic.

But New Brunswick, N.J.-based Amicus has reason to expect smoother sailing for its Fabry's disease therapy. Unlike other therapies for the disease, which aim to replace the alpha-galactosidase A enzyme that Fabry's patients lack, Amicus' AT1001 is a small-molecule, oral drug to enhance the patient's own enzyme activity.

The money gives New Brunswick, N.J.-based ...

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