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Budget 2025: Why no GST relief for rare disease drugs, ask parents
Parents of children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare disease, say the budget is mere eyewash. The custom duty ...
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Biogen Seeks FDA Approval for a Higher Dosing Regimen of Spinraza for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Application is supported by results from the DEVOTE study, which suggested that two doses of Spinraza (nusinerse) 50 mg taken ...
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Germany first in EU to get Novartis' SMA gene therapy, costing almost 2m euros
Zolgensma can be used in patients with inherited mutations affecting genes known as SMN1, who have either been diagnosed with SMA type 1 - the most severe type - or have up to 3 copies of ...
Mother in disbelief after man she met once gives van for her terminally ill son
A Wentzville mother Allyson Jercick said this van has changed her 8-year-old son's life. ST CHARLES, Mo. — We often hear about the season of giving exclusively at the end of each year, but some people ...
Local organization remembers helping the family of a terminally ill child for Christmas, returns to gift them a handicap accessible van
The impact of Mayhill’s continued support extends beyond the van. Over the past 15 years, he and his team have given away 12 ...
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Newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy to begin next week
From February 12, all newborn babies will be offered screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare progressive neuromuscular disease. SMA will be one of more than 20 other rare disorders ...