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How adult SMA patients improve access to care and treatment

Three letters – SMA – tell countless personal stories. Stories of resilience, as adults living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) navigate everyday life and overcome challenges to access care and treatment.

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What makes you, you: Nadya’s story

Nadya doesn’t allow her SMA to define her, as she makes time to pursue her passions such as painting.

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Addressing urgent gaps in care for adults living with SMA

Adults make up more than half of those living with SMA yet many face significant obstacles in accessing the care and treatment they need

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Rare within rare: Women with haemophilia

Haemophilia is rare in men – but it’s even more rare in women. Learn more about this gap in haemophilia care, and how it can be addressed.

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The continuing evolution of clinical trials

Nowadays, clinical trials are highly structured and regulated, ensuring the safety of the participants, but this hasn't always been the case.

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Roche in complement-mediated diseases

What happens when the complement system, a vital part of the immune system, is not properly regulated? Learn more about complement-mediated diseases.

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Relapsing multiple sclerosis: Unravelling the maze

Explore how the patient pathway for people living with relapsing MS has changed over the past 20 years.

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Breaking the rules: The immune system in MS

In people with MS, the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the insulation around nerve cells (myelin) in the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.

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Measuring multiple sclerosis (MS) – A glossary

How we define the ways in which multiple sclerosis can be measured.

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Disease progression in multiple sclerosis

MS disease progression is complicated and not always apparent. Learn what happens to the body in MS and how progression can be measured.

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NMOSD: Where we have come from, and where we have to go

We are committed to taking an innovative approach to research and development to help preserve what makes people who they are.

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What is multiple sclerosis?

MS is usually thought of as a single disease, but its course and symptoms vary from person to person.

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