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Roche ends development of olesoxime after "many difficulties"
pharmatimes
July 12, 2018
Roche has ended development of its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) drug olesoxime, citing "many difficulties".
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PTC Therapeutics’ results in SMA has Biogen nervous
pharmafile
June 22, 2018
Biogen currently has the only product on the market approved to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), in Spinraza, and that treatment is pretty central to the biotech’s portfolio, bringing in $364 million in revenue in the first quarter.
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Roche resigns itself to failure on SMA drug
pharmafile
June 07, 2018
Roche has announced that it will no longer seek to develop its treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), olesoxime, after encountering too many difficulties in bringing it through to patients.
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Nusinersen enables infants with SMA to regain motor function
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
November 03, 2017
Infants with SMA are more likely to show gains in motor function and survive without assisted support when treated with nusinersen…
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Spotlight Enters into Research Agreement with Indiana University for SMA Therapies
americanpharmaceuticalreview
August 17, 2017
Spotlight Innovation has entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement with Indiana University to support research directed by Elliot Androphy, M.D., aimed at developing drugs to treat patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
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Cytokinetics receives FDA orphan drug status for Ck-2127107 to treat SMA
pharmaceutical-technology
May 18, 2017
Biopharmaceutical company Cytokinetics’ CK-2127107has received orphan drug designation from the Office of Orphan Products Development of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the potential treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).