Over the past few months, Cure SMA has announced a total of just over $2 million in new research funding. Our model is designed to fund both a breadth and a depth of projects, in order to continuing building up both a breadth and depth of programs in the drug pipeline. This includes funding for: […]
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The 2016 Annual SMA Conference, now in its 28th year, is set to kick off on June 16 and continue into a weekend full of programs and events that bring families, researchers, and healthcare providers together. This year’s conference is on track to have 25% more attendees than the last time we were at Disneyland!
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Cure SMA has awarded a $304,000 drug discovery grant to Livio Pellizzoni, PhD, at Columbia University. The award is for the project, “Pharmacological Inhibition of p38αMAPK as a Candidate Therapeutic Approach for SMA.” About the Project Dr. Pellizzoni and his colleagues at Northwestern University have identified a novel cellular pathway, called p38αMAPK, that is altered
For the eighth consecutive year, Cure SMA has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the SMA Researcher Meeting. This year’s grant will go toward conference expenses for graduate students and fellows, who are younger researchers in training. With the help of this NIH grant, Cure SMA generously subsidizes the cost
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Cure SMA is pleased to announce that Biogen will be the Presenting Sponsor for our 2016 Annual SMA Conference. This year’s conference is set to be a significant event for the SMA community, with over 1,400 families and researchers coming together in Disneyland, June 16-19. “Without the generosity and support of Biogen, it would not
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We’ve recently released an update to the SMA drug pipeline. This latest version includes: 18 active programs. 14 pharmaceutical partners. 6 programs in clinical trials. 28 programs in the cumulative pipeline total, including 10 failures to date. An ever-increasing breadth of potential treatment approaches to SMA. Effective Treatments for All Ages, Stages and Types of
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Thank you to the following exhibitors who have generously supported our 2016 Annual SMA Conference. This one-of-a-kind event would not be possible without your support! For more information on any of these companies, please visit our conference exhibitor page. Conference Exhibitors Platinum Exhibitors Gold Exhibitors Gunnell, Inc. Innovation In Motion PromptCare RespirTechThomashilfen North America Triumph
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Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals recently provided an update on the clinical development of nusinersen (IONIS-SMNRx), which is currently being tested in Phase 3 clinical trials: Dear members of the SMA community, As we approach the upcoming Cure SMA conference in Anaheim, we want to provide an update on the status of the nusinersen program and
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The SMA drug pipeline has grown dramatically in just over a decade. Of the 18 programs in the pipeline, six of these are in clinical trials, and several of those are in Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials. Reaching and achieving FDA approval is a major step in our path to a treatment and
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The 2016 Annual SMA Conference Booklet has been posted. The booklet includes: A complete schedule with information about the special events we’ve got planned for each evening including: the Meet and Greet and Family Fun Fest, the Family Friendly Research Poster Session, and Saturday Night at Disneyland Park! Information on Saturday afternoon’s panels focusing on
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