SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) updated the investment community on the Company's development portfolio, which is focused on innovative therapies to treat rare and ultra-rare diseases.

"We are pleased to share the progress of our development programs in therapies to treat rare genetic diseases; hemophilia A, PKU, achondroplasia and our next IND into Friedreich's Ataxia," said Hank Fuchs, M.D., President Worldwide Research and Development of BioMarin. "In the near term, we are expecting an FDA decision on pegvaliase to treat adults with uncontrolled PKU in the first half of next year, and we continue to be rapidly and decisively developing the potential first gene therapy for severe hemophilia A."

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