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Amicus Skips April Listing of MPS VII Therapy Mepsevii
Amicus Therapeutics took a pass on the reimbursement listing later this month of its enzyme replacement therapy Mepsevii (vestronidase alfa), which was approved in January as the first treatment for mucopolysaccharidosis type VII, it has been learned. Mepsevii was not…
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