The New England Journal of Medicine

Mitapivat versus Placebo for Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency

Pyruvate kinase deficiency is a rare, hereditary, chronic condition that is associated with hemolytic anemia. In a phase 2 study, mitapivat, an oral, first-in-class activator of erythrocyte pyruvate ...
Nature

Increased oxidative phosphorylation through pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 deficiency ameliorates cartilage degradation in mice with surgically induced osteoarthritis

Chondrocytes can shift their metabolism to oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) in the early stages of osteoarthritis (OA), but as the disease progresses, this metabolic adaptation becomes limited and ...
Nasdaq

Agios Announces FDA Approval of PYRUKYND® (mitapivat) as First Disease-Modifying Therapy for Hemolytic Anemia in Adults with Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGIO), a leader in the field of cellular metabolism pioneering therapies for genetically defined diseases, ...