Amicus shares tank on PhIII failure for Fabry drug partnered with GlaxoSmithKline
December 19, 2012 | By Ryan McBride
Amicus Therapeutics ($FOLD) and its partner GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) have stumbled in their journey to develop a new oral drug for a rare genetic disease. The companies reported late Wednesday that the first of two Phase III studies of Amigal--or migalastat HCL--failed to reach the primary efficacy goal in patients with the lysosomal storage disorder called Fabry disease....
....Amicus' share price fell fast in after-hours trading on Wednesday, trading down 50.65% to $2.85 or roughly half their closing value....
http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/amicus-shares-tank-phiii-failure-fabry-drug-partnered-glaxosmithkline/2012-12-19
