Table 1.
Disease | Product | Company | US FDA* approval/EU EMA† approval | Treatment in India | Dose/frequency (IV infusion) | Approximate annual cost (INR) - 10 kg child |
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Gaucher | Imiglucerase | Sanofi-Genzyme | 1994/1997 | 2002 | 60 units/kg/EOW‡ | 40 lakhs |
Velaglucerase α | Shire HGT | 2010/2010 | 2014 | 60 units/kg/EOW | 70 lakhs | |
Taliglucerase α | Protalix | 2012/not approved | No information | 60 units/kg q EOW | No information | |
Fabry | Agalsidase β | Sanofi-Genzyme | 2003/2001 | 2005 | 1 mg/kg EOW | 20 lakhs |
Agalsidase α | Shire HGT | Not approved/2001 | 2014 | 0.2 mg/kg EOW | 20 lakhs | |
Pompe | Alglucosidase α | Sanofi-Genzyme | 2006/2006 | 2008 | 20 mg/kg EOW | 49 lakhs |
MPS§ I | Laronidase | Sanofi-Genzyme | 2003/2003 | 2006 | 0.58 mg/kg weekly | 46 lakhs |
MPS II | Idursulfase | Shire HGT | 2006/2007 | 2014 | 0.5 mg/kg weekly | 1 crore |
MPS IVA | Elosulfase α | BioMarin | 2014/2014 | No information | 2 mg/kg weekly | 1.3crores |
MPS VI | Galsulfase | BioMarin | 2005/2006 | 2017 | 1 mg/kg weekly | 1.1 crore |
MPS VII | Vestronidase α | Ultragenyx | November 2017 | Not available | 4 mg/kg EOW | No information |
Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency | Sebelipase α | Alexion | 2015/2015 | Not available | 1-3 mg/kg weekly | 3.2 crores |
Neuronal ceroidlipofuscinosis type 2 | Cerliponase α | BioMarin | 2017/2017 | Not available | 300 mg EOW Intraventricular | 4.7 crores |
*FDA: Food and drug administration, †EMA: European Medicines Agency, ‡EOW: Every other week, §MPS: Mucopolysaccharidosis