|Podcasts|April 30, 2021

Pharmacy Focus Episode 23: The Patient Perspective: Living with Spinal Muscular Atrophy

The Pharmacy Times® Pharmacy Focus podcast provides the latest industry news and information, thought-leader insights, clinical updates, patient counseling tools, and innovative solutions for the everyday practice and business of pharmacy.

In this week’s episode, we will be discussing the treatment journey in spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, and the experience of taking SPINRAZA and Evrysdi, with Nick Sinagra, who is a patient himself with SMA. If you would like to nominate a pharmacist or pharmacy staff member as a Pharmacy Hero, email [email protected]!

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