Allow quicker access to drug therapy for spinal muscular atrophy, Health Ministry urged
1,216 views · Published 19 November 2018 · 5:10 · Indexed 28 September 2026
Channel: The Star · 2018 · News & Politics
The Health Ministry has been urged to expedite access to a new drug therapy to treat those affected by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), especially children, said the founder of NGO WeCareJourney Yap Sook Yee. Yee said that at a press conference at the Parliament lobby on Monday, accompanied by Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah, who met with Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye to discuss the matter. Yap also urged the government to consider and include SMA in the rare disease fund allocated under Budget 2019. Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/11/19/allow-quicker-access-to-drug-therapy-for-spinal-muscular-atrophy-health-ministry-urged/
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