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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 ...
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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 ...
Sarepta's Shocking Stand: Company Rejects FDA Request To Pull Gene Therapy Elevidys
FDA places clinical hold on Sarepta's LGMD gene therapy trials after three deaths and revokes platform tech designation due ...
Cambridge pharma company lays off almost 500 amid FDA dispute over treatment
A Cambridge-based company developing gene therapies for rare diseases is laying off more than a third of its workforce.
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GlucoTrack, Sarepta, TNF Pharma Dominate Weekly Retail Health Care Buzz — Here’s Why
Retail chatter spiked last week as investors piled into three healthcare stocks: GlucoTrack, Sarepta Therapeutics, and TNF ...
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FDA Shuts Down Sarepta Gene Therapy Trials After Three Deaths Linked to Liver Failure
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday placed Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy trials for limb girdle muscular ...
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Cambridge-based gene therapy maker Sarepta tells FDA it won't halt shipments despite patient deaths
Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics said late Friday it won't comply with a request from the Food and Drug Administration to halt ...
Sarepta Stock Continues to Fall After Patient Death Linked to Investigational Gene Therapy
Also on Friday, the Food and Drug Administration informally requested that Sarepta voluntarily pause shipments of another gene therapy, Elevidys, which is approved to treat a different type of ...
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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.
FDA Places Sarepta's Investigational Gene-Therapy Trials on Hold Following Patient Death
Separately, the FDA on Friday informally requested that Sarepta voluntarily pause shipments of another gene therapy, Elevidys, that is approved to treat a different type of muscular dystrophy and was ...
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Third Death Prompts FDA Action on Sarepta’s Gene Therapy Products
The third death occurred in an adult male with limb girdle muscular dystrophy who received a Sarepta AAVrh74 gene therapy product, SRP-9004, in a phase 4 clinical trial.
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 ...