Definitive Data Hopes Keep Santhera's Duchenne Drug Alive in UK Despite EMA No
Executive Summary
The European Medicines Agency rejected Santhera’s Raxone as a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy but the prospect of definitive data supporting the new indication means idebenone will still be available to patients in the UK under the early access scheme for promising new medicines.
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