Roche is hoping to undercut hugely expensive rivals after the FDA approved its oral spinal muscular atrophy ... production of the survival of the motor neuron (SMN) protein.

Motor improvements in SMA adults treated with Spinraza paralleled a boost in electrical impulses along nerves that supply ...

In which young patients with spinal muscular atrophy will spinal braces and growing rods be most helpful? Ashley Webb, MD, assistant professor of pediatric neurology and neuromuscular program ...

(0:54) How does one time surgery for scoliosis in children with pediatric spinal muscular atrophy get a maximum benefit without impeding growth? Dr. Ashley E. Webb of the University of Texas ...

which allegedly mocked blind individuals and an infant suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a condition for which a life-saving injection costing ₹16 lakh was required. The Supreme ...

Novartis is set to launch its one-off gene therapy Zolgensma for the ultra-rare muscle-wasting disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA ... irreversible loss of motor neurons, affecting ...

Anna Landre, a college student who lives with spinal muscular atrophy, found herself fighting another battle when her insurer informed her they were reducing the number of hours they would cover ...

US health technology assessor the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) announced today that it will assess the comparative clinical effectiveness and value of apitegromab (from Scholar ...

In a related matter, the bench Monday expressed serious concerns over alleged insensitive remarks by comedian Samay Raina, making fun of the high cost of spinal muscular atrophy treatment. When ...