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SMA Community is Granted a Patient Focused Drug Development Meeting with the FDA
Cure SMA is excited to announce that the SMA community has been granted a Patient Focused Drug Development Meeting with the FDA. At the Patient Focused Drug Development (PFDD) Meeting, […]
Read More ›Cure SMA and Ionis Announce 2016 Holiday Card Contest
Back by popular demand, Cure SMA and Ionis Pharmaceuticals are once again teaming up for a holiday card contest! This contest is open to children with spinal muscular atrophy, their […]
Read More ›AveXis Reports Interim Data from Ongoing Phase 1 Clinical Trial of AVXS-101 at the World Muscle Society Congress
AveXis, Inc., a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing treatments for patients suffering from rare and life-threatening neurological genetic diseases, today provided an update on interim data from the ongoing Phase […]
Read More ›Biogen Presents New Data at World Muscle Society Congress
New data from the clinical program for nusinersen, an investigational treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), were presented by Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals in the late-breaking session at the 2016 […]
Read More ›Cure SMA Announces Newborn Screening Initiative in Partnership with MDA
Twice this year, Cure SMA has had the opportunity to testify before the federal Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders on the need for newborn screening for SMA. This committee, part […]
Read More ›Biogen and Ionis Release Community Statement on NDA Filing Completion
Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals have provided the following community statement regarding the the completion of their NDA filing for nusinersen. Dear members of the SMA community, Today we have achieved […]
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