In a good-news-bad-news week for Biogen, the company will cut an undisclosed number of employees, just as a higher dose of its Ionis-partnered therapy Spinraza for spinal muscular atrophy will be considered by the FDA and EMA.

Biogen BIIB announced that the FDA and EMA have accepted its regulatory filings seeking label expansion for a higher dose of its blockbuster spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) drug Spinraza. This new proposed dosing regimen simplifies administration by offering two initial 50 mg doses spaced 14 days apart,