About Galafold® (migalastat)
> Is Galafold Right for Me? For adults with an amenable GLA variant, Galafold is designed to work with your own enzyme.

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For adults with an amenable GLA variant, Galafold is designed to work with your own enzyme.

What does it mean to have an amenable GLA gene variant?

Certain GLA gene variants lead to a deficient, misfolded alpha-Gal A enzyme that may be helped by Galafold. These variants are considered to be amenable.

Galafold uses the enzyme you already have. It isn’t enzyme replacement therapy (ERT).

In order to break down fatty substances, alpha-Gal A needs to travel into the lysosome. But usually only properly folded enzymes make it into this part of the cell. Misfolded enzymes, like some of those seen in Fabry disease, cannot enter the lysosome and are broken down instead. For adults with an amenable gene variant, that’s where Galafold may help.

Watch how Galafold acts as a pharmacological chaperone:

Many variants can cause Fabry disease. Galafold may work for yours.

Even if you’ve had a test in the past that determined you have little or no enzyme activity, your variant may still be amenable to Galafold. It just means your enzyme can’t fold properly and get to the lysosome to do its job.

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It’s important to talk to your healthcare provider to see if Galafold may be right for you.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION AND INDICATION

Before taking Galafold® (migalastat), tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:

  • have kidney problems.
  • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if Galafold will harm your unborn baby.
  • have kidney problems.
  • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if Galafold will harm your unborn baby.
  • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Galafold may pass into breast milk. Talk to your healthcare provider
    about the best way to feed your baby if you take Galafold.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take medicines or supplements containing caffeine as these medicines or supplements may affect how Galafold works.

How should I take Galafold?

Do not eat food, or take or drink any product that contains caffeine at least 2 hours before and 2 hours after taking Galafold to give a minimum 4 hour fast.

What are the possible side effects of Galafold?

The most common side effects of Galafold include headache, stuffy or runny nose and sore throat, urinary tract infection, nausea, and fever.

These are not all the possible side effects of Galafold. Call your healthcare provider for medical advice about side effects.

You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. You may also report side effects to Amicus Therapeutics at 1-877-4AMICUS.

What is Galafold?

Galafold is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with Fabry disease who have a certain genetic change (variant) in the galactosidase alpha gene (GLA) that is responsive (amenable) to Galafold.

It is not known if Galafold is safe and effective in children.

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