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TGA considers $4M treatment

Posted 5 December 2025 AM

The TGA is reviewing what could become one the most expensive treatments in Australia - a new form of Novartis' gene therapy Zolgensma, which carries a price tag of $4 million for a one-time dose.

And in what could be a good sign, the treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) was recently approved by the FDA for the same indication currently under TGA consideration, which includes a different cohort of patients than those covered by the current PBS listing.

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