CRANBURY, N.J., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amicus will announce first quarter 2008 financial results after the regular close of markets on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The results announcement will be followed by a live conference call and webcast that afternoon at 5 p.m. EDT.
Interested participants and investors may access the conference call at 5 p.m. EDT by dialing 877-397-0284 (U.S./Canada) or 719-325-4871 (international). A telephonic replay will be available for seven days beginning at 8 p.m. EDT. Access numbers for this replay are 888-203-1112 (U.S./Canada) and 719-457-0820 (international); participant code 4106309.
The webcast can be accessed via the Investor section of Amicus Therapeutics’ Web site at www.amicustherapeutics.com under Investors: Events and Presentations. Web participants are encouraged to go to the Web site 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register, download and install any necessary software. After the live webcast, a replay will remain available in the Investors section of the Amicus Therapeutics Web site for 30 days.
About Amicus
Amicus Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, oral therapeutics known as pharmacological chaperones for the treatment of a range of human genetic diseases. Pharmacological chaperone technology involves the use of small molecules that selectively bind to and stabilize proteins in cells, leading to improved protein folding and trafficking, and increased activity. Amicus is initially targeting lysosomal storage disorders, which are severe, chronic genetic diseases with unmet medical needs. Amicus has completed Phase 2 clinical trials of Amigal(TM) for the treatment of Fabry disease and is conducting Phase 2 clinical trials of Plicera(TM) for the treatment of Gaucher disease. The Company recently completed Phase I clinical trials of AT2220 for the treatment of Pompe disease.
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CONTACT: Investors, John Quirk, +1-212-601-8296, or Media, Cory Tromblee,
+1-617-897-8294, both of Porter Novelli Life Sciences for Amicus
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Web site: http://www.amicustherapeutics.com/
