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5 questions on Sarepta, the FDA and a Duchenne gene therapy crisis
A standoff over Elevidys could have major consequences for Duchenne patients, gene therapy companies and the perception of ...
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Drugmaker Refuses FDA's Request to Pull Gene Therapy Tied to Patient Deaths
The agency also revoked Sarepta's platform technology designation for AAVrh74 Friday and issued a safety communication saying ...
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FDA asks Sarepta to stop shipping Duchenne gene therapy
The company refused the FDA’s request and will continue shipping its therapy, Elevidys, to Duchenne patients who can still ...
SRPT Down After Third Death in Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy Program
Sarepta plummets after a third death in its muscular dystrophy program for investigational gene therapies, prompts FDA action and intensifies safety scrutiny.
Children's Hospital LA pauses use of Sarepta gene therapy for all patients
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, citing recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration actions, on Monday said it has paused usage of Sarepta Therapeutics' gene therapy Elevidys in all patients with ...
STAT6hOpinion
We are mothers of Duchenne patients. Recent setbacks with Sarepta must not stop progress
As mothers of children with this disease, we have wept helplessly in recent months as friends — fellow members of a club we ...
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Sarepta stands behind Elevidys after FDA requests gene therapy be pulled from market
As the controversy over the safety of Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapies comes to a head, the biotech is standing firm ...
STAT4hOpinion
The crisis over Sarepta’s Duchenne therapy is a mess. But the lesson is clear
The crisis over Sarepta Therapeutics' Duchenne therapy offers a valuable lesson: Listening to critics, and responding with ...
FDA Suspends Muscular Dystrophy Drug After 3 Patient Deaths
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics' investigational ...
Sarepta shares cut to $0 at H.C. Wainwright
H.C. Wainwright sets a rare $0 target for Sarepta Therapeutics amid FDA scrutiny over its Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys. Read more here.
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Sarepta LGMD trials all hit by FDA hold amid newly surfaced safety concerns over gene therapy
The Sarepta saga continues, with the FDA slapping a clinical hold across all of the company’s investigational limb girdle ...
Becker's Hospital Review7h
Sarepta to continue shipping gene therapy despite patient deaths
Sarepta Therapeutics said it will continue shipping its gene therapy Elevidys for Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients despite an FDA request to pause distribution following multiple patient deaths.