Novartis gain EU approval for SMA gene therapy
AveXis, Novartis’ gene therapy division, announced that it has been given European approval for Zolgensma, (onasemnogene abeparvovec), the only gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Specifically, the European Commission has granted conditional approval for Zolgensma for the treatment of patients with 5q SMA with a bi-allelic mutation in the SMN1 gene and a clinical