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AveXis Reports Second Quarter 2016 Financial and Operating Results and Interim Data from Ongoing Phase 1 Trial of AVXS-101 in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1

August 11, 2016 4:01 PM EDT

-- Interim data through July 1 showed no events --

-- Continued motor function improvement with 25% of patients in the proposed therapeutic dose group in the normal range --

-- FDA requested Type B Meeting to discuss SMA Type 1 clinical development pathway --

-- Conference call and webcast August 11 at 4:30 p.m. EDT --

CHICAGO, Aug. 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AveXis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVXS), a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing treatments for patients suffering from rare and life-threatening neurological genetic... More