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NHS drugs go-ahead offers lifeline to children with rare muscle-wasting disease
UK NewsHealth•May 14, 2026 at 12:01 AMNational

NHS drugs go-ahead offers lifeline to children with rare muscle-wasting disease

By Denis Campbell Health policy editor•The Guardian - UK News

Medicines watchdog approves two treatments for patients with spinal muscular atrophyHundreds of children with a rare muscle-wasting disease will be able to receive two drugs that can improve their survival in a move parents hailed as a “lifeline”.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has published final draft guidance recommending that any patient who would benefit can have either drug. Continue reading...

Medicines watchdog approves two treatments for patients with spinal muscular atrophy

Hundreds of children with a rare muscle-wasting disease will be able to receive two drugs that can improve their survival in a move parents hailed as a “lifeline”.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has published final draft guidance recommending that any patient who would benefit can have either drug.

Continue reading...

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