A GIRL in India successfully received 160 million rupees (RM9.1mil) worth of a gene therapy drug for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) through a crowdfunding effort, Makkal Osai reported.
Mithra Sathishkumar suffers from the rare genetic condition which requires the life-saving drug Zolgensma but the family could not afford the astronomical price tag.
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