In a wheelchair since 2007 – New drug gives the incurable hope again

“I’m a proud fivefold uncle,” Esteban tells the “Krone” just before a long therapy in the Steyr hospital. “Stüfi”, as friends call him, is a permanent guest there. That won’t change any time soon either. “But the drug omavaloxolone is a breakthrough. A few years ago there was nothing on the market, now it’s approved in the USA, and the European Medicines Agency may follow suit this year,” Grieb looks to the future with confidence.

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