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Federal Committee to Vote on Spinal Muscular Atrophy Newborn Screening on Thursday

February 2, 2018
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On Thursday, February 8, the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDNC), a federal committee that oversees newborn screening, will vote on whether to recommend newborn screening […]

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Preliminary Data from FIREFISH Trial in Type 1 SMA Infants Presented at the International Scientific Congress on Spinal Muscular Atrophy

January 30, 2018
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PTC Therapeutics, Inc. recently announced the presentation of early interim data from Part 1, the dose-finding portion of the FIREFISH study. FIREFISH is a two-part seamless, open-label, multi-center study to […]

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AveXis Releases Community Statement on Expanded Clinical Trials

January 26, 2018
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AveXis has provided the following community statement on AVXS-101. Dear SMA Community, At AveXis, the gene replacement therapy company developing a new approach to treat SMA known as AVXS-101, we […]

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Cure SMA to Host Webinar on Treatment Access and Clinical Trials on February 15

January 25, 2018
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On Thursday, February 15, at 12:00pm CST (10:00am PST/11:00am MST/1:00pm EST), Cure SMA will hold a webinar updating the community on treatment access and clinical trials. Among the topics covered […]

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SMA Industry Collaboration Releases Spinal Muscular Atrophy Voice of the Patient (VoP) Report

January 19, 2018
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Cure SMA and our partners in the SMA Industry Collaboration are pleased to announce the release of the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Voice of the Patient (VoP) Report. This report is […]

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2018 Updated SMA Drug Pipeline Released

January 17, 2018
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We’ve recently released an update to the SMA drug pipeline. This latest version includes: 16 active programs, including one approved therapy.  14 pharmaceutical partners. 6 programs in clinical trials. An ever-increasing […]

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