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Closing out 2018 with Good News: Virginia Adopts SMA to their Newborn Screening Panel, Arizona Moves Closer to Adopting SMA Newborn Screening and Illinois Medicaid Covers Spinraza Treatment
The SMA community has multiple victories to celebrate as the year comes to an end. Thank you to all our amazing families and advocates who have and continue to make […]
Read More ›Fall 2018 Issue of Compass Now Available
The fall 2018 issue of Compass is now available online. This issue of Compass covers the SMA Care Center Network and its goal of developing an evidence-based standard of care to […]
Read More ›Novartis Announces FDA Filing Acceptance and Priority Review for AVXS-101
Novartis today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for AVXS-101, now known as ZOLGENSMA® (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xxxx)1, an investigational gene […]
Read More ›Register for Cure SMA’s Webinar on SMA Treatments and Clinical Trials
On Wednesday, December 12th, at 12:00pm CST (10:00am PST/11:00am MST/1:00pm EST) Cure SMA will hold a webinar updating the community on the latest information on SMA treatments and trials. Topics […]
Read More ›Scholar Rock Announces Publication of Preclinical Data on the Therapeutic Benefit of Inhibiting Myostatin Activation in Models of SMA
Scholar Rock, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced the publication, “Specific Inhibition of Myostatin […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Launches “SMArt Moves” for Early Diagnosis and Treatment
Cure SMA today launches SMArt Moves, a new disease awareness and educational campaign to empower parents, pediatricians and other healthcare professionals to swiftly recognize and diagnose the early signs of […]
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