US FDA Puts IT Zolgensma Studies On Partial Clinical Hold
Zolgensma And IV Studies Unaffected
Executive Summary
The roller coaster ride for Novartis with its high-profile gene therapy Zolgensma continues as the FDA places a partial hold on trials of an intrathecal version aimed at older SMA patients on the back of nerve inflammation seen in a preclinical study.
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