In an amazing update for the ALS community, on September 29, 2022, the FDA voted to approve ALS drug AMX0035 for the treatment of ALS. This comes a year after Amylyx, a Massachusetts-based pharmaceutical company, submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) for AMX0035, a...
We’re excited to share another milestone in the search for better drug treatments for ALS. Amylyx announced today that the company will soon submit a New Drug Application (NDA) for AMX0035 to the FDA. The ALS Association has been closely following the development of...
In 2020, the ALS Association, in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital, launched an innovative approach to research, the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial. In most clinical trials, a single drug is tested, and participants cannot be enrolled in more than one trial...
One month ago on May 25, 2021, representatives from the FDA joined a We Can’t Wait Action Meeting. During this meeting, eight ALS advocates from across the US shared their personal experience with the disease to highlight why those with ALS need expedited access to...
By Jackie Barry Jackie Barry lives with her husband Tom in Austin, Texas. She was diagnosed with ALS in 2016 and has been involved with the ALS Association since then. Read her story below. In early 2015, I began having a speech problem, like a lisp, which seemed to...
