I got my 7th Spinraza injection and it was quite a long day!

It was Shane’s 8th Spinraza injection, a treatment that stops the progressive muscle-wasting associated with his disease.

There was no treatment until Doctor Adrian Krainer with Cold Spring Harbor lab on Long Island led the way to creation of Spinraza, a first FDA-approved treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Biogen's treatment for neurodegenerative disorder spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Spinraza has come under pressure in an increasingly competitive market, but the company hopes a new high-dose ...

In 2016, Spinraza became the first approved treatment for SMA, with exceptional results in infants with severe SMA – so exceptional, it was considered unethical to continue enrolling children ...