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Blogs & news

Blogs & news.

Updates from SCN2A Australia: parliamentary submissions, research milestones, partnerships, and stories from our community, alongside longer-form pieces from our team and the families we work with.

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Parliamentary submissions

Speaking up for the DEE community.

Our formal submissions to government inquiries, grounded in evidence and the lived experience of families living with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies.


Parliamentary submissionSubmitted 15 May 2026

Our submission to the Senate Inquiry into Epilepsy in Australia

In May 2026 we made a formal submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs, setting out the evidence, priorities, and reforms the DEE community needs, alongside the collective voices of 134 families. Read the post and download both documents.

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Research & treatment updates

News from the SCN2A research pipeline.

Milestones in the clinical trials and therapies that matter to our community. These are research updates, not medical advice or endorsements.


News23 June 2026 · Source: Praxis Precision Medicines

Elsunersen receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for SCN2A-DEE (gain-of-function)

The US FDA has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to elsunersen (PRAX-222), an investigational antisense oligonucleotide for seizures in SCN2A-DEE caused by gain-of-function variants.

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More stories on the way.

We are building out our library of research updates, partnership announcements, and stories from our community. Subscribe to hear when new pieces are published.