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Metabolic Disease Enzyme Replacement - Mucopolysaccharidosis

Metabolic Disease Enzyme Replacement - Mucopolysaccharidosis is a formulary and compendial drug classification rather than a formal standalone pharmacologic class, grouping exogenous recombinant enzymes formulated to treat mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS). Read more about Metabolic Disease Enzyme Replacement - Mucopolysaccharidosis

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ALDURAZYME (laronidase)

METABOLIC DISEASE ENZYME REPLACEMENT - MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS · MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS TYPE I
GENZYME

NAGLAZYME (galsulfase)

METABOLIC DISEASE ENZYME REPLACEMENT - MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS · MAROTEAUX-LAMY SYNDROME
BIOMARIN PHARMA

ELAPRASE (idursulfase)

METABOLIC DISEASE ENZYME REPLACEMENT - MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS · MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS TYPE II
SHIRE US INC.

VIMIZIM (elosulfase alfa)

METABOLIC DISEASE ENZYME REPLACEMENT - MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS · MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS TYPE IV-A
BIOMARIN PHARMA
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About Metabolic Disease Enzyme Replacement - Mucopolysaccharidosis.

Metabolic Disease Enzyme Replacement - Mucopolysaccharidosis is a formulary and compendial drug classification rather than a formal standalone pharmacologic class, grouping exogenous recombinant enzymes formulated to treat mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS).

Agents within this category—such as laronidase, idursulfase, elosulfase alfa, galsulfase, and vestronidase alfa—function by restoring deficient lysosomal hydrolase activity via receptor-mediated cellular uptake.

This mechanism facilitates the catabolism and clearance of accumulated glycosaminoglycans within tissues.

Consequently, these therapies are primarily indicated for managing the non-neurological, systemic manifestations of specific inherited lysosomal storage disorders, including MPS I, II, IVA, VI, and VII.