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Free access to Zolgensma curbed, says Novartis

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Novartis’ programme providing free access to its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) gene therapy Zolgensma is being scaled back to a dozen countries worldwide, according to the company. ” Zolgensma is one of the most expensive therapies available, with a price tag of around $2.1

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Roche’s quantitative COVID-19 antibody test; Janssen buys a gene therapy asset; Zimmer Acquires A&E Medical; Glaucoma research study: Merck chooses TriNKET cancer immunotherapy program; Ovid fails Angelman phase 3 study

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The agreement is for the investigational phase 1 gene therapy HMR59 that is given as a one-and-done shot into the eye to preserve vision in patients with geographic atrophy , which is a late-stage and severe form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). An overactivity of complement damages cells in the macula in geographic atrophy.