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SMA Patient Group Presses MHLW to Hasten Zolgensma Listing

April 17, 2020
Family members of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are urging the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) to quickly list Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec), Novartis’ gene therapy for the rare genetic disease approved last month. The early listing and…

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