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A researcher from Keele University School of Medicine in the U.K. was awarded a £99,959 ($138,633) research grant to identify and evaluate potential — and more affordable — treatments to improve the health of children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The two-year research grant of the Academy of Medical…

Efficacy and safety results from the TOPAZ Phase 2 trial evaluating apitegromab, a  muscle-directed therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) being developed by Scholar Rock, are expected by June, the company announced. “2020 was a transformative year for Scholar Rock with … positive interim data from the TOPAZ…