The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE1287
June 2, 2008
Sapropterin (Kuvan) for Phenylketonuria
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Sapropterin (Kuvan) for Phenylketonuria
June 2, 2008 (Issue: 1287)
Sapropterin (Kuvan - BioMarin) has been approved by the FDA to reduce phenylalanine plasma concentrations in patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). PKU is a rare genetic disorder (it occurs in 1 in 8000 Caucasian and 1 in 50,000 African-American...more
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