Through Cure SMA’s partnership with NeurologyLive, a new patient-centered article, “Early Intervention in SMA: How Access to Therapy Will Alter Disease Management As We Know It,” is now available for viewing online. This piece features an interview with Dr. Mary Schroth, Chief Medical Officer at Cure SMA, and discusses successes in newborn screening […]
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, with an official theme of Increasing Access and Opportunity. Throughout the month, we will be posting stories about adults with SMA in the workforce and are pleased to share this story about AJ Brockman, 32, of Palm Beach Gardens, FL. AJ Brockman says he wears many hats in life. No
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Cure SMA has published a paper, titled “Spinal Muscular Atrophy and COVID-19: Guidance and Resources for Providers,” in partnership with NeurologyLive. The article highlights findings from a recent survey conducted by Cure SMA to measure the impact of COVID-19 on the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patient and family community. As of June 1,
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Novartis Gene Therapies today announced new interim data from the ongoing Phase 3 STR1VE-EU clinical trial for Zolgensma® (onasemnogene abeparvovec). The data demonstrates that patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 1 continued to experience significant therapeutic benefit, including event-free survival, rapid and sustained improvement in motor function, and motor milestone achievement, including
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Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced new 2-year data from Part 1 of the pivotal FIREFISH study of Evrysdi™ (risdiplam) in infants aged 2-7 months with symptomatic Type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The 2-year results in infants treated with the therapeutic dose of Evrysdi (17/21) showed that they continued to improve
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Carrie Menke is a South Dakota native who resides in Sioux Falls with her husband Tony and their four children — Xavier, Colette, Avila, and Rose. Carrie is one of the many advocates across the country who is supporting efforts to have spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) added to her state’s newborn screening panel. Her passion
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Dear SMA Community, We recently received important feedback from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) following their review of data from the STRONG study of AVXS-101 intrathecal (IT) formulation in older patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and we’d like to share an update with you. (Please see the press release issue by Novartis
Team Biogen hit the ground running throughout the month of August in honor of SMA Awareness Month. Together, the team logged 22,059 miles collectively from August 1st to August 31st. Nearly 300 Biogen employees came together, virtually of course, to raise funds and awareness for SMA. They successfully raised close to
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September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month, a chance to talk about the progress we have made in getting spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) added to newborn screening panels and the work still to be done. This month, you will hear about newborn screening milestones, stories, and steps you can take to ensure all states screen newborns
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Dear Members of the SMA Community, We continue to work with the healthcare community to help people and families living with SMA get the support they need. As such, we wanted to share Biogen’s latest efforts on the following: We are committed to sharing information that will aid healthcare providers and individuals with SMA in
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