The Winter 2019 issue of Compass is now available online. This issue covers Cure SMA’s latest drug discovery grant funding and features an updated SMA drug pipeline. Drug discovery, also called translational research, is the second step in the drug development process. Drug discovery takes the seed ideas discovered in basic research, the first stage, […]
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Nine Team Cure SMA runners completed the 2019 United Airlines New York City Half Marathon on Sunday, March 17. Together, the runners successfully raised over $15,000 for Cure SMA, the most in the race’s history for Team Cure SMA. The race celebrated its 14th annual run this year and brought more than 20,000 runners onto
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Abstract submission is now closed for the 2019 SMA Researcher Meeting. We are excited to announce that we received 166 submissions, a record number. Our submissions come from researchers in 20 countries, 11 companies, and close to 65 institutions. We expect over 500 researchers and clinicians from almost 100 organizations will attend the SMA Researcher
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Today, Cure SMA and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) announced their strategic collaboration to collect real-world data to improve the lives of those affected by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne). Both prominent organizations have joined forces with Prometheus Research as their principal informatics partner, enabling unprecedented levels of collaboration on data
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For the past several years, we’ve been working to collect data and information on our community’s experiences, goals, hopes, and challenges. We know that the voice of our community is powerful. By sharing our stories, we can communicate our priorities to the FDA and regulators, provide insight into daily life with SMA and the ongoing
A recording of this week’s webinar with Genentech/Roche is now available online. During the webinar, Genentech/Roche shared their history working with the SMA community, and their investigational medicine risdiplam. Updates on their clinical trials in pre-symptomatic & types 1, 2 & 3 were also shared. View the webinar About Risdiplam Risdiplam is an investigational, oral
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On Thursday, March 7, Cure SMA testified on behalf of the SMA community at a meeting of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER). ICER is an independent health policy group that evaluates the effectiveness of drug treatments, and the costs associated with those treatments. The purpose of the meeting was to review both
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Dear members of the SMA community, As we celebrate Rare Disease Day 2019, we are honored to continue supporting the spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) community. In recent weeks and months, we engaged the community on a number of different initiatives and are excited to share updates on our activities, support of new clinical research and
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On Monday, March 11th, at 12pm CST (10am PST/11am MST/1pm EST) Genentech/Roche and Cure SMA will co-host a webinar for the SMA community. During the webinar, you’ll hear from Genentech/Roche on their history working with the SMA community, and their investigational medicine risdiplam. You’ll hear updates on their clinical trials in pre-symptomatic & Types 1,
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Cure SMA is pleased to announce that we will be continuing the Summit of Strength Program in 2019, adding 20 new events from March through November. The Summit of Strength is a single-day educational event hosted by Cure SMA. Summits are crafted to provide information for people of all ages and types of SMA, and
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