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Sarepta drops as report suggests FDA needs new trials for Elevidys
Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRPT) resumed its recent sell-off on Thursday after Endpoints News reported that the FDA would ...
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FDA weighs new study requirements for Sarepta to confirm safety of gene therapy Elevidys: report
Sarepta would need to conduct new analyses to validate the safety of Elevidys—which has had U.S. shipments paused by the ...
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Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Earns $100 Million Milestone from Sarepta Therapeutics
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced that it has earned a $100 million milestone payment from ...
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Roche won't throw in the towel after DMD gene therapy Elevidys' rebuff in Europe
Despite a new setback for Elevidys in Europe, Roche—which markets Sarepta’s gene therapy outside the U.S.—remains committed ...
FDA probes death of patient on Sarepta's Elevidys, partner Roche says death unrelated to therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was investigating the death of an eight-year-old boy who received ...
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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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Sarepta Concedes to FDA Request, Suspends US Shipments of Elevidys
After initially refusing to suspend Elevidys distribution after two deaths, Sarepta has now given in to the FDA’s request, ...
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5 questions on Sarepta, the FDA and a Duchenne gene therapy crisis
While Sarepta has now consented to the FDA’s request to stop selling Elevidys, the company’s brief standoff with the agency ...
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Sarepta reports patient death in limb-girdle trial, compounding concerns on gene therapy risks
The death of a 51-year-old man in the study follows two other deaths of Duchenne patients treated with Sarepta’s marketed ...
In a reversal, Sarepta says it will pause shipments of gene therapy linked to deaths
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer In a reversal, the drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics said July 21 it is stopping all ...
Two boys died after a gene therapy. This family won’t give up hope.
The Revell family hoped a gene therapy could buy time for their sons, who have a rare and fatal disease. After two patients ...
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FDA Probes Death of Brazilian Boy Linked to Sarepta’s Elevidys
The FDA is investigating the death last month of an eight-year-old boy in Brazil who had received Sarepta Therapeutics’ Elevidys® (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl)—though the company and its ...