Genzyme Corporation Reports Progress Related to Allston Plant

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ: GENZ) today provided an update on its progress toward restoring production at its Allston Landing manufacturing facility and in implementing temporary supply management measures. The company announced last week that it had interrupted production of Cerezyme® (imiglucerase for injection) and Fabrazyme® (agalsidase beta) at the plant to sanitize the facility, after identifying a virus in a bioreactor used for Cerezyme production. The virus impairs the viability of cells used in the manufacturing process and is not known to cause infection in humans.

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