Cambridge, MA-based Genzyme (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GENZ]]) and its partner, Carlsbad, CA-based Isis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ISIS]]), said today they have started a pivotal clinical trial for patients with a genetic disorder that causes exceptionally high levels of cholesterol. The study will enroll 100 patients in the U.S. and Canada, to take 200 milligrams of the experimental drug mipomersen or a placebo each week for about six months. Data from the trial, the first of four new studies the companies plan to initiate by year’s end, will be available in 2010.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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