Health Ministry urged to approve drug to help patients with spinal muscular atrophy

Yap with her husband Edmund Lim and sons Jaden and Branden.

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry should approve a drug named Spinraza that can help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), said WeCare Journey co-founder Yap Sook Yee.

"On December 23, 2016, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved the first-ever drug therapy for spinal muscular atrophy or SMA, called Spinraza (Nusinersen)," said Yap.