Amicus Therapeutics to Present at 2014 Leerink Global Healthcare Conference

CRANBURY, N.J., Feb. 11, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amicus Therapeutics FOLD, a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of developing therapies for rare and orphan diseases, today announced that William D. "Chip" Baird, Chief Financial Officer and Bradley L. Campbell, Chief Operating Officer, will participate in a presentation and fireside chat at the 2014 Leerink Global Healthcare Conference on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 1:25 p.m. ET.

A live webcast of the presentation can be accessed through the Investors section of the Amicus Therapeutics corporate web site at http://ir.amicustherapeutics.com/events.cfm, and will be archived for 90 days.

About Amicus Therapeutics

Amicus Therapeutics FOLD is a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of therapies for rare and orphan diseases. The Company is developing novel, first-in-class treatments for a broad range of human genetic diseases, with a focus on delivering new benefits to individuals with lysosomal storage diseases. Amicus' lead programs include the small molecule pharmacological chaperones migalastat HCl as a monotherapy and in combination with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for Fabry disease; and AT2220 (duvoglustat HCl) in combination with ERT for Pompe disease.

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