"Spinraza, of course, not a gift of a tenner, but it's ironic"

Extraordinary for the 300 patients with spinal muscular atrophy is that the drug in France and Germany has been repaid for years for each age group. Since today, this is also the case in Belgium. And Belgian Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health Maggie De Block was working at the same bargaining table as Bruins

According to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, the difference between Belgian and Belgian system. "Care in the core set needs to be proven effective, which is not the case for groups beyond the age limit of 9.5 years." Ten Hagen: "Of course, Spinraza is not a gift of ten, but I hoped for better criteria."

For older patients such as Ten Hagen, the ministry seeks to find out if they can benefit from potentially promising treatments under certain conditions. Ten Hagen: "Our hope is put in the fridge at the moment, but fortunately the door is not yet completely closed."