American biotech company Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) has announced it will present more data from its Phase III Spinraza (nusinersen) study, which reveal an even greater improvement in motor function in children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) than previously shown.
The data will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, currently taking place in Boston, USA.
The company says the overall findings of the study also show a favorable safety profile for the drug, which was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration late last year, for the treatment of SMA in certain pediatric and adult patients.
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