Spinraza is a medication used in children (including newborns) and adults to treat spinal muscular atrophy. Treatment begins with four loading doses, followed by one maintenance dose every 4 months.

As we began entered the holiday season last year, we had just learned that a 69-year-old woman had died due to a medication error that was caused in large part by an ...

Itvisma should only be administered intrathecally using a lumbar puncture by health care professionals experienced in performing the procedure. The Food and Drug Administration has approved Itvisma ® ...

Biogen has partnered with Alcyone Therapeutics to improve the delivery of its spinal muscular atrophy drug Spinraza, handing over $10 million upfront for a global license to an implantable device.

A retrospective, single-center study out of the Czech Republic tested the safety and efficacy of unilateral interlaminar fenestration (UILF) on the convex side in cases of SMA that also exhibit severe ...

Credit: Novartis. The approval was supported by data from phase 3 STEER study, which enrolled patients with SMA who were treatment-naive and able to sit but never able to walk independently. Itvisma ...