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    <periodOfReport>2012-03-07</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>AMICUS THERAPEUTICS INC</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES 11 LP</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE, SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>TIMONIUM</rptOwnerCity>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001244650</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>NEA PARTNERS 11 LP</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerState>MD</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001363737</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>NEA 11 GP, LLC</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE, SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001277631</rptOwnerCik>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerName>DRANT RYAN D</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001270521</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>KOLLURI KRISHNA KITTU</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet2>
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            <rptOwnerState>MD</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001237289</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SANDELL SCOTT D</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1954 GREENSPRING DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 600</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TIMONIUM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MD</rptOwnerState>
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    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2012-03-07</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                    <value>925154</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>5.70</value>
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                    <value>4584311</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On March 7, 2012, New Enterprise Associates 11, Limited Partnership (&quot;NEA 11&quot;), purchased 925,154 shares of Common Stock in the Issuer's registered underwritten public offering at the price to the public of $5.70 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The securities are directly held by NEA 11 and indirectly held by NEA Partners 11, Limited Partnership (&quot;NEA Partners 11&quot;), the sole general partner of NEA 11, NEA 11 GP, LLC (&quot;NEA GP&quot;), the sole general partner of NEA Partners 11, and the individual managers of NEA GP (NEA Partners 11, NEA GP and the individual managers of NEA GP together, the &quot;Indirect Reporting Persons&quot;). The individual managers of NEA GP are M. James Barrett, Peter J. Barris, Forest Baskett, Ryan D. Drant, Krishna &quot;Kittu&quot; Kolluri, C. Richard Kramlich, Charles W. Newhall III, Mark W. Perry and Scott D. Sandell. Each Indirect Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise of such portion of the NEA 11 shares in which such Indirect Reporting Persons have no pecuniary interest.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Shawn Conway, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-03-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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