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idursulfase

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Also known as Alpha-L-iduronate sulfate sulfatase, Iduronate 2-sulfatase, EC 3.1.6.13, Iduronate-2-sulfatase, IDS, IPR035874

Idursulfase (brand name Elaprase), manufactured by Takeda, is a drug used to treat Hunter syndrome (also called MPS-II). It is a purified form of iduronate-2-sulfatase, a lysosomal enzyme, and is produced by recombinant DNA technology in a human cell line.

Chemical data

Drug data · ChEMBL

Max clinical phase
Approved
Molecule type
Enzyme
First approval
2006
Admin. routes
parenteral
Indications
mucopolysaccharidosis type 2, mucopolysaccharidosis

via ChEMBL · EBI

Wikidata facts

Has use
medication
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EC enzyme number
3.1.6.13
medical condition treated
mucopolysaccharidosis II
has characteristic
biopharmaceutical
subject has role
enzyme
legal status (medicine)
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Idursulfase (brand name Elaprase), manufactured by Takeda, is a drug used to treat Hunter syndrome (also called MPS-II). It is a purified form of iduronate-2-sulfatase, a lysosomal enzyme, and is produced by recombinant DNA technology in a human cell line.

It is one of the most expensive drugs ever produced, costing US$567,412 per patient per year.

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