MedCity News October 9, 2024
Frank Vinluan

On the heels of Phase 3 data showing muscle improvement in the rare neuromuscular disease spinal muscular atrophy, Scholar Rock raised $300 million in a stock offering. U.S. and European regulatory submissions for the drug are now planned for early 2025.

Scholar Rock contends its experimental drug for spinal muscular atrophy can achieve what none of the currently available therapies can do to treat this rare disease. After positive data from a pivotal study sent the biotech’s shares skyward, Scholar Rock has raised $300 million from a stock offering that will be applied toward regulatory submissions and launch preparation of what could become its first commercialized product.

The stock sale follows the company’s Phase 3 data readout earlier this week...

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