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After the FDA request, Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Sarepta said in a statement that it will continue to ship the therapy to ambulatory people but maintain a halt it implemented June 15 for non-ambulatory patients after reporting to the FDA a case of acute liver failure in a patient who could not walk.
Sarepta Therapeutics shares traded lower in premarket trade on Tuesday, as the drugmaker relented to a Food and Drug Administration request to halt the shipments of a gene therapy.
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.