Strength, Science, and Stories of Inspiration (SSSI) and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) announced a new research funding mechanism for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees working in the muscle disease field.
MDA is excited to announce that we are accepting applications for the inaugural National Community Advisory Committee, a group that will advise MDA on matters of importance to families living with neuromuscular diseases and help inform MDA’s efforts to support individuals to live unlimited.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals announced it has submitted a marketing application to the FDA for the investigational drug eculizumab (brand name Soliris).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Biogen’s nusinersen (brand name Spinraza) for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
MDA began 2016 with an ambitious blueprint, full of changes and improvements — all designed to help us fulfill our mission promise to free individuals and families from the harmful effects of muscular dystrophy and related life-threatening diseases. Now, we reflect on our accomplishments and give thanks to our supporters.
Researchers are looking for people with congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) to participate in a phase 3 study being conducted by Catalyst Pharmaceuticals to test the experimental drug amifampridine phosphate.
Amifampridine phosphate is a potassium channel inhibitor designed to cause greater stimulation of muscle by prolonging nerve signals and is expected to help treat muscle weakness in people with CMS. The drug has shown promising results in treating patients with a related disorder called LEMS.
Osaka-based Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma has reported encouraging 12-month efficacy and safety data for edaravone (brand name Radicava) for the treatment of ALS. Edaravone is delivered by intravenous injection. It’s thought to work by relieving the effects of oxidative stress, which, in people with ALS, has been suspected to play a role in the death of . . .
Few things are better than the perfect gift — except, perhaps, the gift that gives love to the recipient and to a whole community as well. This season, surprise your family with gifts that give to MDA families — and MDA research — too. Good Reads Stack your family bookshelf with must-reads that help explain . . .
OK, friends. I’ve got some really great news. As you know, MDA’s commitment to improving the lives of young adults living with muscle-debilitating diseases is near to my heart. It’s why I chose to accept the role as the first adult MDA National Goodwill Ambassador. It’s been almost a year since we began implementing MDA’s . . .
For most, a trip to Target is just a way to cross off another item on a lengthy to-do list, or a quasi-addictive way to reduce stress via retail therapy. For 14-year-old Ethan Pyles and his mother, Sandra, a trip to Target brought renewed hope, grateful hearts, and optimism for thousands of boys who have . . .
