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The mortality rate of SMA in 2024 has dropped nearly 80% since 2014.
Why? Newborn screening = earlier treatment & 3 FDA-approved therapies.
ICER is currently reviewing a fourth therapy: icer.org/assessment/s...
The mortality rate of SMA in 2024 has dropped nearly 80% since 2014.
Why? Newborn screening = earlier treatment & 3 FDA-approved therapies.
ICER is currently reviewing a fourth therapy: icer.org/assessment/s...
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Great short piece by @judeisabella.bsky.social 🧪📊
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Great short piece by @judeisabella.bsky.social 🧪📊
Trial here: clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT057...
Trial here: clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT057...
#demography
(Also testing out a new Bsky feed I just made)
#demography
(Also testing out a new Bsky feed I just made)
It's been known for many years (at least since 2006) that it doesn't work.
The stuff that works, pseudoephedrine, is inconvenient to get partly due to the Patriot Act.
It's been known for many years (at least since 2006) that it doesn't work.
The stuff that works, pseudoephedrine, is inconvenient to get partly due to the Patriot Act.
As of August 2023, they're nearly half there: 472,000 fully enrolled! The program is also at 80% UBR (under-represented in biomedical research).
As of August 2023, they're nearly half there: 472,000 fully enrolled! The program is also at 80% UBR (under-represented in biomedical research).
This helps explain the proliferation of knock-off online sellers of these drugs in the US, as reported by the WSJ yesterday
#healthpolicy
This helps explain the proliferation of knock-off online sellers of these drugs in the US, as reported by the WSJ yesterday
#healthpolicy
Love the LBJ quote.
#healthpolicy
Love the LBJ quote.
#healthpolicy
In between the thunderstorms, I managed to make it to Buttermilk Falls.
In between the thunderstorms, I managed to make it to Buttermilk Falls.