News

The purpose of SMA Europe is to provide a framework to stimulate collaboration and accelerate translational research pathways in SMA and promote patient care.

  1. Scholar Rock Announced Positive Interim Results from Phase 1 Trial of SRK-015 in Healthy Volunteers and Updates on Future Development Plans

    Scholar Rock announced positive interim results from the ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of its potential muscle-targeted SMA therapy, SRK-015 in healthy adult volunteers. What is SRK-015? SRK-015 is an antibody which inhibits the activities of a muscle protein called myostatin. This protein restricts muscle mass and strength. Scholar Rock believes that by preventing the activation of myostatin, […]

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  2. Roche’s risdiplam granted PRIME designation by EMA

    Roche’s risdiplam has been ganted PRIME designation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Risdiplam has the potential to be the first oral medicine for the treatment of SMA Types 1, 2 and 3; European Medicines Agency PRIME (PRIority MEdicines) status is granted to medicines that may offer a major […]

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  3. Scholar Rock Announces Positive Opinion by the EMA on Orphan Drug Designation for SRK-015 for the Treatment of SMA

    Scholar Rock, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of serious diseases in which protein growth factors play a fundamental role, today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending SRK-015 for designation as an orphan medicinal product for the treatment of SMA. […]

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  4. Novartis announces FDA filing acceptance and Priority Review of AVXS-101

    Novartis today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the company’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for AVXS-101, now known as ZOLGENSMA®(onasemnogene abeparvovec-xxxx), an investigational gene replacement therapy for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 1. ZOLGENSMA is designed to address the genetic root cause of SMA Type 1, a […]

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