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Economic burden shifting in US after arrival of SMA treatments

Children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treated with Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) used fewer healthcare resources and had lower medical costs than children on Spinraza (nusinersen), but they had higher SMA treatment costs, according to a recent U.S. analysis. Overall, healthcare costs for SMA patients using these disease-modifying…

Gains in health-related quality of life seen with Spinraza in study

Treatment with Spinraza (nusinersen) was found to improve psychosocial function — the day-to-day ability to contend with environmental and social tasks — in people with later-onset spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in a new study of health-related quality of life. Importantly, patients’ abilities to communicate with their healthcare providers…