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The drugmaker Amylyx is asking the FDA to approve a new medication for ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease. It's possible the agency could greenlight the drug by the end of the month.

Health & Safety

FDA seems poised to approve a new drug for ALS, but does it work?

9:24am September 21, 2022

by Jon Hamilton

In March, experts who advise the FDA questioned the efficacy of an experimental new drug for ALS. In September, they voted to approve it anyway.