Angus boy with genetic disease first to receive ‘game-changing’ drug

Riley McDonald's family have been campaigning for access to a treatment called Givinostat.

A ten-year-old boy from Angus diagnosed with a rare genetic muscle wasting disease is one of the first to receive a ‘game-changing’ drug that could slow the devastating impacts of the condition.

Riley McDonald’s family have been campaigning for access to a treatment called Givinostat, which can slow Duchenne muscular dystrophy by months or even years.

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