As anyone affected by a rare disease knows, treating the illness while trying to go about everyday life is an expensive undertaking. But exactly how expensive — in terms of direct and indirect costs across rare disease populations — might still come as a surprise: almost…
The benefits of newborn screening (NBS) for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) outweigh its disadvantages and challenges, according to a survey of parents and healthcare providers of screen-positive newborns in Australia. Notably, both groups supported the implementation of a newborn screening program, as well as its equal access across the…
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted Scholar Rock a patent for apitegromab, with add-on and combination therapies, for treating muscle conditions such as spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). “We are delighted to have been granted this unique patent that further protects our myostatin approach to…
Editor’s note: The SMA News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Zolgensma safely and effectively halts disease progression in pre-symptomatic spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) infants, according to updated…
Editor’s note: The SMA News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Zolgensma continues to safely and effectively prevent motor function decline for at least five years, allowing the achievement…
Editor’s note: The SMA News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Evrysdi (risdiplam) continues to improve or stabilize motor function in children and young adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) types 2 and 3,…
Editor’s note: The SMA News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Zolgensma — given alone, after, or in combination with another spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) disease-modifying therapy…
Editor’s note: The SMA News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Six months of treatment with apitegromab, Scholar Rock’s muscle-directed therapy…
Editor’s note: The SMA News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. The Phase 2 RAINBOWFISH trial of Evrysdi (risdiplam) in newborns up to 6 weeks old with a…
Editor’s note: The SMA News Today team is providing in-depth coverage of the 2021 MDA Virtual Clinical and Scientific Conference, March 15–18. Go here to read the latest stories from the conference. Treatment with Evrysdi (risdiplam) is safe and increases the levels of SMN — the missing protein in spinal muscular…
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