Risdiplam’s efficacy across two clinical trials and oral dosing made it a credible threat before its US FDA approval, but its weight-based pricing falls below Biogen’s Spinraza and Novartis’s Zolgensma. 

A pilot that used RFID tags with 2D barcodes was touted as more effective than using 2D barcodes alone in tracking drugs through the supply chain.

The current pandemic has accelerated the US FDA’s perspective on conducting remote clinical trials. The agency has published an emergency guidance to allow sponsors to continue their work, which a former FDA official says is an indication of where the agency is headed post-COVID-19.