by Madaline Spencer | Mar 19, 2026
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Juxtapid (lomitapide) capsules for the treatment of pediatric patients ages 2 years and older with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). HoFH is a condition characterized by very high levels of...
by Madaline Spencer | Mar 19, 2026
Gabriel Brooks, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Solid Biosciences, and Russell Lonser, MD, of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, discuss SGT-212 and the FALCON clinical trial for patients with Friedreich’s ataxia. Friedreich’s ataxia is a...
by Madaline Spencer | Mar 18, 2026
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Wellcovorin (leucovorin calcium) tablets for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) with confirmed variants in the folate receptor 1 gene (CFD-FOLR1). The drug was...
by Madaline Spencer | Mar 18, 2026
Brian Bigger, PhD, Professor of Advanced Therapeutics at the University of Edinburgh, discusses hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy (HSCGT) in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis IIIA (MPS IIIA; Sanfilippo syndrome type A). MPS IIIA is a genetic...
by Madaline Spencer and Joe Haddad | Mar 17, 2026
Amel Karaa, MD, Genetics and General Metabolism, Director of the Mitochondrial Disease Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the PRIZM clinical trial of zagociguat in patients with MELAS. MELAS, or Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic...
