Posted on: 15 August 2022, source: genengnews.com
Novartis has acknowledged that two patients have died of acute liver failure following treatment with its Zolgensma® (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi), a one-time gene therapy indicated for some forms of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). As a result, the company said, it will revise Zolgensma’s label to specify that fatal acute liver failure has been reported.