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Duchenne gene therapy halted after three deaths and company u turn
The biotechnology company Sarepta Therapeutics has decided to suspend entirely one of its treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) just days after it refused a request from the US Food and ...
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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 ...
Sarepta Therapeutics laying off dozens in Ohio, won't comply with FDA request to halt therapy
After the FDA request, Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Sarepta said in a statement that it will continue to ship the therapy ...
Sarepta Therapeutics crisis is huge blow to Duchenne families, company
Sarepta rebuffed a call from the Food and Drug Administration to halt all shipments of its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular ...
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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Duchenne Gene Therapy Will Undergo Changes After Patient Deaths
At the FDA's request, delandistrogene moxeparvovec (Elevidys), the only approved gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy ...
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatments, gene therapy spark hope - USA TODAY
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy affects 12,000 to 15,000 children and young adults in the United States and about 300,000 worldwide. It's caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene, which makes a ...