Novartis’s ‘Poster Child’ Zolgensma Shows What Gene Therapy Can Do – And Its Limitations
Long-Term Data Brings Hope To Rare Disease Communities
Executive Summary
The clinical development head of Novartis Gene Therapies talks about the progress for SMA patients more than seven years after treatment began, and hopes of boosting outcomes by treating pre-symptomatic patients.
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