Lila Levinson, PhD,  Science Writer—

Most adults and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) experience intermittent pain, with more than half having pain episodes at least once a week, a study reports. This pain was generally mild to moderate and affected the hips or spine. People with more depressive symptoms tended to have more…

The European Commission (EC) has approved a tablet formulation of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatment Evrysdi (risdiplam). “The new Evrysdi tablet with its flexible administration represents progress toward more versatile SMA disease management,” Levi Garraway, MD, PhD, chief medical officer and head of global product development at Roche,…