The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
				
			FROM
ISSUE1517
   				ISSUE1517
March 27, 2017
                		
                	Nusinersen (Spinraza) for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
					
					
                | Subscribers: Log in to read full article. Not a subscriber? Subscribe or purchase article. | 
Nusinersen (Spinraza) for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
March 27, 2017 (Issue: 1517)
					The FDA has approved nusinersen (Spinraza – Biogen)
for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a
hereditary neurodegenerative disease that occurs in
about one in every 10,000 births. It is the first drug to
be approved in the US for this...more
 
        			
        			
						
					
					
					
					The Medical Letter is a subscriber-funded nonprofit organization that publishes critical appraisals of new prescription drugs and comparative reviews of drugs for common diseases.
					

