Sarepta, gene therapy
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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.
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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.
Roche Holding AG said on Tuesday it has paused shipments of muscular disorder gene therapy Elevidys in some countries outside the U.S., echoing a similar decision by U.S. partner Sarepta Therapeutics .
The company had previously halted shipments to certain older patients following the deaths of two teenagers treated with the therapy, Elevidys.