Families of SMA was founded in 1984 for the purpose of raising funds to promote research to find a cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and to support families affected by SMA. FSMA is the largest private...

Families of SMA was founded in 1984 for the purpose of raising funds to promote research to find a cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and to support families affected by SMA. FSMA is the largest private funder of SMA research and is leading the way to find a cure. FSMA is currently funding 2 multi-center clinical trials for 2 different drugs that have shown promise increasing SMN protein levels and the largest, most aggressive drug discovery programs ever undertaken to find a cure for SMA. FSMA has funded $20 million towards SMA research, and has already committed an additional $15 million over the next three years.