Sarepta, FDA and Gene Therapy
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The Sarepta saga continues, with the FDA slapping a clinical hold across all of the company’s investigational limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) trials, while also revoking the biopharma’s gene therapy platform technology designation.
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Stocktwits on MSNSarepta Pauses Shipments Of DMD Drug Elevidys Amid FDA Label Review, Stock Tumbles After-HoursSarepta Therapeutics shares closed over 5.3% lower on Monday, hitting more than a nine-year low, and fell another 8.5% in after-hours trading after the biotech firm announced a voluntary halt to U.S.
The FDA has placed multiple investigational gene therapy clinical trials on hold, signaling broader platform concerns.
Sarepta has refused to suspend all dosing of its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Elevidys, defying a clinical hold request from the FDA.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics' investigational gene therapy trials for limb girdle muscular dystrophy following three patient deaths potentially linked to the company's treatments.
In a highly unusual move, Cambridge-based Sarepta said late Friday won’t comply with a request from the Food and Drug Administration to halt all shipments of its gene therapy.
Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics SRPT plunged almost 20% on Mar 16, soon after the company announced the FDA's decision to hold an unexpected advisory meeting for the biologics license application ...