Roche To Work On Reversing English Funding Rejection For SMA Drug

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Evrysdi could follow Spinraza and Zolgensma to become the third treatment for spinal muscular atrophy available on England’s National Health Service if Roche can agree on a lower price for the drug.

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Roche needs to offer a price for Evrysdi that is cost-effective for the NHS • Source: Alamy

Roche has pledged to work to reverse NICE’s preliminary decision this week that its spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatment, Evrysdi (risdiplam), should not be made available to patients on England’s National Health Service because it is too expensive.

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