PRX-102 (pegunigalsidase alfa) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat adults with…
José Lopes, PhD
José holds a PhD in neuroscience from the University of Porto, Portugal. After postdocs at Weill Connell Medicine and Western University, where he studied the processes driving hypertension and Alzheimer’s disease, he moved on in 2016 to a career in science writing and communication. José is the author of several peer-reviewed papers and a book chapter and has presented his research in numerous international meetings.
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Articles by José Lopes, PhD
The first patient in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of Fabry disease gene therapy candidate FLT190 has been dosed.
Fabry Disease Gene Therapy ST-920 Well-tolerated, Shows Substantial Efficacy in Mice, Study Suggests
One-time administration in mice of a gene therapy candidate known as ST-920 led to substantial increases in the activity of…
Treatment with the gene therapy candidate AVR-RD-01 showed sustained efficacy and was well-tolerated in Fabry disease patients regardless…
Treatment with  Fabrazyme (agalsidase beta) leads to greater heart and biochemical improvements in Fabry disease patients than Replagal (agalsidase alfa), a…
Two independent studies published in the journal Molecular Genetics and Metabolism and presented at the 14th Annual WORLDSymposium in San…