Industry Updates
Biogen Exercises Option with Ionis to Develop and Commercialize Investigational ASO for SMA
Biogen Inc. and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently announced that Biogen exercised its option to obtain from Ionis a worldwide, exclusive, royalty-bearing license […]
Genentech’s Evrysdi (risdiplam) Granted FDA Priority Review for Treatment of Pre-Symptomatic Babies Under 2 Months of Age With SMA
Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review of a supplemental new […]
Scholar Rock Shares SMA Community Letter and Announces Design of Phase 3 SAPPHIRE Clinical Trial
Dear SMA Community, We are excited to announce the design of SAPPHIRE, a Phase 3 clinical trial to further evaluate the safety and efficacy of […]
Community Update from Novartis Gene Therapies
We are pleased to share a community update on Novartis Gene Therapies’ Clinical Trial Program.
Update on Genentech/Roche Initiation of MANATEE Clinical Study
We are pleased to share an update on Genentech’s, a member of the Roche Group, initiation of MANATEE, a new global Phase 2/3 clinical study […]
New Data Presented at World Muscle Society 2021 Virtual Congress
This week, new data was presented at the World Muscle Society 2021 Virtual Congress. Check it out below! Scholar Rock presents two posters […]
Community Statement from Biogen: New Clinical Study Planned to Evaluate the Potential Benefit of an Investigational Higher Dose of Nusinersen in People with SMA Previously Treated with Evrysdi® (risdiplam)
Biogen is committed to improving health outcomes for people impacted by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and generating data to assess if there are treatment pathways […]
Novartis Announces Lift of Partial Clinical Trial Hold, Plans to Initiate a New Study of Intrathecal Zolgensma in Older Patients with SMA
Novartis announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that OAV-101 intrathecal (IT) clinical trials for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients may […]
Data for Genentech’s Evrysdi Published in New England Journal of Medicine Shows Significant Improvement in Survival and Motor Milestones in Babies with Type 1 SMA
Data from Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, recently announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published data from FIREFISH Part 2, a […]
Novartis Data Demonstrate Age-Appropriate Development When Zolgensma Is Used Presymptomatically and Rapid, Clinically Meaningful Efficacy in Symptomatic Children
Novartis recently announced data that reinforce the transformational benefit of Zolgensma® (onasemnogene abeparvovec), an essential, one-time treatment and the only gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). […]