Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Pharmacotherapeutic strategies for Friedreich Ataxia: a review of the available data

Gunther, K. and Lynch, D. R. (2024) ‘Pharmacotherapeutic strategies for Friedreich Ataxia: a review of the available data’, Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. doi: 10.1080/14656566.2024.2343782. 

 The approval of omaveloxolone provides a major advance in FRDA therapeutics. Although well tolerated, it is not curative. Reversal of deficient frataxin levels with gene therapy, protein replacement, or epigenetic approaches provides the most likely prospect for enduring, disease modifying therapy in the future.