Amicus Therapeutics

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
Traded as NASDAQ: FOLD
Industry pharmaceutical
Founded February 4, 2002 (2002-02-04)[1]:28
Headquarters Cranbury, New Jersey, United States
Key people
Revenue
  • Decrease US$363,000 (2013)
  • Decrease $18,411,000 (2012)
  • Decrease ($64,181,000) (2013)
  • Decrease ($52,931,000) (2012)
  • Decrease ($59,633,000) (2013)
  • Decrease ($48,785,000) (2012)
Total assets
  • Increase $127,563,000 (2013)
  • Increase $110,088,000 (2012)
Total equity
  • Decrease $45,751,000 (2012)
  • Increase $69,220,000 (2012)
Number of employees
 92 (31 Dec 2013)[1]:28
Website amicusrx.com
Footnotes / references
financials[1]:61

Amicus Therapeutics is a public American biopharmaceutical company based in Cranbury, New Jersey.[1]:2[2] The company went public in 2007 under the NASDAQ trading symbol FOLD.[3] This followed a 2006 planned offering and subsequent withdrawal, which would have established the trading symbol as AMTX[4][5] Prior to their IPO, Amicus was funded by a variety of venture capital firms including Radius Ventures, Canaan Partners and New Enterprise Associates.[6]

History

The therapeutic focus of Amicus is on rare and orphan diseases, particularly disorders collectively called lysosomal storage disorders.[1]:2 The company's product development is based largely on the Chaperone-Advanced Replacement Therapy (CHART®)[1]:18 platform and has concentrated on development of enzyme replacement therapies (ERTs).[1]:2 In 2014, Amicus was noted as having, arguably, "the broadest portfolio of small molecule pharmacological chaperones" in the pharmaceutical industry.[7]:95

As of February 2014, the company had no marketed products, its most advanced candidate being migalastat HCl (aka Amigal),[8] a pharmacological chaperone treatment for Fabry disease which aims to stabilize endogenous mutant alpha-galactosidase.[1]:5 In parallel with advancement of migalastat HCl monotherapy, the company engaged in a collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline and JCR Pharmaceutical to investigate coformulation with recombinant alpha-galactosidase (JR-051).[1]:7 This collaboration lasted for three years, from 2010 to 2013.[8]

Amicus has no manufacturing capability of its own, relying on contract manufacturing alone.[1]:18

In 2008, the company expanded from its single site in New Jersey to a second research site in San Diego.[9]

In late 2009, the company faced a major financial setback with the termination of a multi-year collaboration agreement with Shire; at the time of the termination, financing for operations was done primarily "through private placements of our redeemable convertible preferred stock, proceeds from our initial public offering and from our prior collaboration agreement with Shire."[10]:24 A corporate restructuring ensued with a concomitant 20% reduction in the workforce.[10]:24

In 2010, the company received a US$500,000 grant from the The Michael J. Fox Foundation to support studies conducted in collaboration with David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.[11] Amicus also received in 2010 a US$210,300 grant from the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation to support pre-clinical work in collaboration with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai through the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.[12]

In November 2013, Amicus acquired competitor Callidus Biopharma, thereby obtaining proprietary materials and intellectual property for the enzyme replacement therapy treatment of Pompe disease.[1]:3,12

In September 2015, the company acquired Scioderm for up to $947 million in cash and stock.[13][14][15]

Corporate governance

The role of chief executive officer have been vested in John F. Crowley since 2005.[1]:54[6] In 2010, Crowley succeeded Donald Hayden, Jr. as the company's chairman of the board; Hayden remained associated with Amicus through the new role of Lead Independent Director.[16] The executive posts of chief operating officer and chief financial officer are vested in Bradley L. Campbell and William D. Baird III, respectively.[1]:54 As of 2010, the company's chief scientific officer was David Lockhart.[11]

Beyond the C-Suite, as of 2010 Brandon Wustman held the post of Director of Exploratory Biology.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Form 10-K: Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.". EDGAR. USSEC. 2014.
  2. ↑ "Contact Us". Amicus Therapeutics. Retrieved 17 Nov 2014.
  3. ↑ "Amicus Therapeutics IPO raises $75 mln, in range". Reuters. 30 May 2007.
  4. ↑ Gelsi, Steve (17 May 2006). "Amicus Therapeutics files $86M IPO". MarketWatch.
  5. ↑ Moyer, Liz (16 Aug 2006). "IPOs Head For The Exits". Forbes. There have been five withdrawn IPOs so far this month, including ... Amicus Therapeutics.
  6. 1 2 Rubin, Evelyn (18 May 2006). "Amicus IPO: A Very Risky Prospect (AMTX)". Seeking Alpha.
  7. ↑ Williams, Cory (2014). "Chapter 4. Treating Rare Diseases: Business Model for Orphan Drug Development". In Pryde, David C.; Palmer, Michael J. Orphan Drugs and Rare Diseases. Royal Society of Chemistry. ISBN 9781849738064.
  8. 1 2 Carroll, John (20 Nov 2013). "GlaxoSmithKline politely dumps $230M Fabry drug deal with Amicus". FierceBiotech.
  9. ↑ Staff (1 Oct 2008). "Amicus Therapeutics Opens Research Facility in San Diego.". Biotech Week (United States) – via HighBeam Research.
  10. 1 2 "Form 10-Q: Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.". EDGAR. USSEC. 30 Sep 2009.
  11. 1 2 Staff (22 Dec 2010). "Amicus Therapeutics Awarded $500,000 Grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Development of Next-Generation Pharmacological Chaperone to Treat Parkinson's Disease". Biotech Week (United States) – via HighBeam Research.
  12. 1 2 Staff (19 May 2010). "Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Funds Amicus Therapeutics To Advance Pharmacological Chaperone Technology". Biotech Week (United States) – via HighBeam Research.
  13. ↑ "Amicus Therapeutics to Acquire Rare Disease Company Scioderm, Inc." (August 31, 2015) http://ir.amicustherapeutics.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=929343
  14. ↑ Streetinsider.com (August 31, 2015) "Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD) to acquire Scioderm in ~$950M deal" http://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/Amicus+Therapeutics+(FOLD)+to+Acquire+Scioderm+in+~$950M+Deal/10853347.html
  15. ↑ http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/amicus-therapeutics-to-acquire-scioderm-for-up-to-847m/81251681/
  16. ↑ Staff (17 Feb 2010). "Amicus Therapeutics Board of Directors Names Chief Executive Officer John F. Crowley Chairman of the Board". Biotech Week (United States) – via HighBeam Research.
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