Roche and PTC's Evrysdi (risdiplam) Receive the EC's Approval as First and Only at Home Treatment For Spinal Muscular Atrophy
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- The approval is based on two studies i.e. FIREFISH and SUNFISH. The FIREFISH study involves assessing Evrysdi in infants aged 2-7mos. with symptomatic Type 1 SMA- and the SUNFISH study assesses Evrysdi in children & young adults with Type 2 or 3 SMA
- Evrysdi demonstrated a favourable efficacy & safety profile- with the safety profile established across both trials. The EU approval is applicable to all 27 European Union member states- as well as Iceland- Norway- and Liechtenstein
- The approval follows the positive CHMP’s recommendation- received in Feb’2021. Evrysdi has currently been approved in 38 countries and submitted in a further 33 countries
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