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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 denies Elevidys is linked to latest patient death in Brazil
Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) in focus as the biotech says the death of a patient who had received its gene therapy Elevidys ...
Roche provides regulatory update on Elevidys™ gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the EU
EMA’s CHMP issued an opinion not to recommend Elevidys™ (delandistrogene moxeparvovec) for the treatment of ambulatory ...
FDA probes death of patient on Sarepta's Elevidys, partner Roche says death unrelated to therapy
The patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, who died in Brazil, was treated with Elevidys but was not a participant in a ...
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Sarepta Fallout Continues with EU’s Negative Opinion of Elevidys in Ambulatory Patients
The European Union’s health regulatory agency did not endorse approving Elevidys for ambulatory patients with Duchenne ...
Gene therapy maker Sarepta tells FDA it won’t halt shipments despite patient deaths
Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics says it won’t comply with a request from U.S. regulators to halt all shipments of its gene ...
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For many Duchenne families, halt to gene therapy is heartbreak upon heartbreak
As gene therapy maker Sarepta Therapeutics tangles with FDA over its Duchenne treatment, patients and their families are ...
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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.
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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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miR-33 inhibition as a novel therapeutic approach for treating muscular dystrophy
MicroRNA-33a and microRNA-33b are encoded within the mammalian SREBF1 and SRBF2 genes, respectively, and both SREBF1 and ...
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 ...