This means enrolment for this trial has now closed. Branaplam is currently being assessed for safety and efficacy in a Phase 1/2 clinical study in Type 1 infantile-onset SMA. These 25 infants are in addition to the 7 (out of 13 infants) who continue to receive branaplam in Part 1 of the study. Their exposure to treatment ranges from 3 to 4 years.
Read full storyNICE have now updated their website with this advice. This means that until 26th June, Biogen will fund currently untreated infants with SMA Type 1 via a “bridging solution”. All patients already on the EAP will continue to have access to treatment. Those with SMA Types 2 and 3 will then start to get access subject to the terms of the MAA and as soon as services are able to cope with the patient load.
Read full storyThe treatment will be made available by Biogen immediately to the youngest and most severely-affected infants (SMA Type 1). The NHS will then begin to provide nusinersen to those with SMA Types 2 and 3 shortly after NICE’s full guidance is published, and once the services to deliver them are established. It will also be available to pre-symptomatic siblings who, based on their genetics, are very likely to develop SMA.
Read full storyAveXis presented positive results from clinical trials on Zolgensma, across a broad spectrum of patients with SMA at the 2019 American Academy of Neurology conference in Philadelphia.
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