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European Commission Grants Marketing Authorization for Spinraza, Making it First Approved SMA Treatment in the European Union

June 1, 2017
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Biogen announced today that the European Commission (EC) has granted a marketing authorization for Spinraza for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), making it […]

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Cure SMA Awards $140,000 Grant to Oliver Gruss, PhD, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn and Utz Fischer, PhD, Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg, Germany

May 30, 2017
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Cure SMA has awarded a $140,000 research grant to Drs. Oliver Gruss and Utz Fischer at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn and Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg in Germany to […]

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Cytokinetics Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for CK-2127107 for SMA

May 19, 2017
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Cytokinetics, Inc. recently announced that the Office of Orphan Products Development of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to […]

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Cure SMA Announces 2017 Family Friendly Poster Session Presenters

May 16, 2017
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We’ve recently seen significant advances in SMA research come to fruition, and with 17 drug programs in development, including five in clinical trials, we are […]

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Cure SMA Awards $140,000 Grant to Alberto Kornblihtt, PhD, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

May 15, 2017
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Cure SMA and FAME (Families of SMA, Argentina) have awarded a $140,000 research grant to Alberto Kornblihtt, PhD, at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, […]

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RUSP Nomination for SMA Accepted into Evidence Review

May 11, 2017
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The Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (SACHDNC) announced that they have accepted spinal muscular atrophy into the review process for […]

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Cure SMA Welcomes Back Biogen as a National Premier Partner for 2017

May 11, 2017
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Cure SMA is thrilled to welcome Biogen back as a National Premier Partner for 2017. The National Premier Partnership represents the highest level of support […]

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Cure SMA Awards $75,000 Grant to Yong-Chao Ma, PhD, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

May 10, 2017
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Cure SMA has awarded a $75,000 research grant to Yong-Chao Ma, PhD, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, for his project, “Regulation […]

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Cure SMA Awards $75,000 Grant to Stephen J. Kolb, PhD, Ohio State University

May 9, 2017
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Cure SMA has awarded a $75,000 research grant Stephen J. Kolb at Ohio State University, for his project, “Arrested Development or Neurodegeneration? An approach to […]

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Cure SMA Awards $75,000 Grant to Chris Lorson, PhD, University of Missouri

May 9, 2017
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Cure SMA has awarded a $75,000 research grant to Chris Lorson, PhD, at the University of Missouri, for his project, “Examining the role of astrocytes […]

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