Boston Children’s Hospital to serve as trial site for experimental Duchenne drug

Boston Children’s Hospital will serve as one of 24 test sites in the U.S. for a Phase 3 clinical trial of Santhera Pharmaceuticals’ experimental drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, reports The Boston Globe.

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare degenerative condition that causes muscle weakness, loss of movement and eventually death.

Santhera’s proposed treatment, Raxone, aims to treat the respiratory failure associated with the disease, according to the report.

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