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Meet the SMA Family that Helped Inspire 21st Century Cures
In a recent update on the 21st Century Cures Initiative, we shared how the SMA community has helped inspire this legistlation. Chairman Fred Upton has […]
Read More ›Cytokinetics and Astellas Release Further Details on Upcoming Phase 2 Trial
Cytokinetics, in partnership with Astellas, has officially announced that recruitment will begin in the second half of 2015 for a Phase 2 clinical trial testing […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Joins The Research Acceleration and Innovation Network
Cure SMA has become a participating organization of The Research Acceleration and Innovation Network (TRAIN), a program of FasterCures, bringing the total number of venture […]
Read More ›Update on SMA-FDA Interactions
The SMA drug pipeline has grown dramatically in just over a decade. Of the 17 programs in the pipeline, seven of these are in clinical […]
Read More ›2015 Family Friendly Poster Session Presenters Announced
The Family Friendly Research Poster Session is one of the most anticipated events of our Annual SMA Conference. Each year, Cure SMA invites researchers from […]
Read More ›Update on Clinical Development of RG7800
F. Hoffman-La Roche, PTC and the SMA Foundation recently provided an update on the clinical development of RG7800, an investigational SMN2 splicing modifier that is […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Funds $1.85 Million in New Research Grants in 2014-2015
Over the past few months, Cure SMA has announced a total of $1.85 million in new research funding. Our model is designed to fund both […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Announces Additional $445,000 for Nationwide Children’s Hospital Gene Therapy Program led by Brian Kaspar, PhD
Cure SMA, the leading organization dedicated to the treatment and cure of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), recently provided an additional $445,000 grant toward a gene […]
Read More ›New 21st Century Cures Discussion Draft Released
The US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee has released a new 21st Century Cures discussion draft. This is a revised and expanded version […]
Read More ›Registration for the 2015 Annual SMA Conference Closes in Two Weeks
The deadline to register for our Annual SMA Conference is just two weeks away. Registration will close on Friday, May 9. Over 1,000 people have […]
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