Scholar Rock Raises $47 Million to Advance SMA Therapy to Clinical Trials

The biotech Scholar Rock has obtained $47 million in new financing to move its spinal muscular atrophy therapy SRK-015 into clinical trials during the first half of 2018. Invus led the financing round, which included Redmile Group and a number of other investors. “We are delighted by the strong…

Cure SMA Announces $5 Million in New Research, Care Funding

Cure SMA recently announced it has committed $5 million in new funding to advance research and care strategies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) over the next 12 months. A bit more than half of the total funding will go directly to support local care. The remainder will fund basic…

Cure SMA’s Early-Stage Funding Leads to Big Pharma Investments in Promising Therapies

Cure SMA, an organization founded in 1984 to fund and invest in research for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatments, also focuses on the day-to-day realities of patients and families, reaching about 4,000 SMA families every year through family support services with its 110,000-plus members and supporters. Among its other milestones, Cure SMA has invested more…