In India, Parents of Children with Rare Disease Plea for Help Online April 6, 2022 Auto Bot Babies and Infants, Biogen Inc, Children and Childhood, India, Novartis AG, Parenting, spinal muscular atrophy 0 India makes many of the world’s drugs, but treatments for rare diseases like spinal muscular atrophy are imported and prohibitively costly. In desperation, parents are raising funds on social media.