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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 ...

FDA Probes Death of Boy in Brazil on Sarepta’s Elevidys

US regulators are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy in Brazil who received Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.’s Elevidys.

FDA opens probe into mysterious death linked to gene therapy

The Food & Drug Administration is investigating the death of an 8‑year‑old following Elevidys gene therapy for Duchenne ...

Sarepta says it won't comply with FDA request to stop shipping gene therapy Elevidys

U.S. regulators asked Sarepta Therapeutics on Friday to voluntarily halt shipments of its Elevidys gene therapy after a muscular dystrophy patient who received a different, experimental treatment died ...

What’s behind Sarepta’s gene therapy deaths?

Three patient deaths linked to gene therapies developed by Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) have drawn FDA scrutiny on the viral ...
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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 ...

Sarepta shares slide again as drugmaker bows to FDA pressure to pause gene therapy

Sarepta Therapeutics is pausing shipments of its gene therapy for muscular dystrophy following several patient deaths that ...

Sarepta Needs to Show FDA Elevidys Won’t Cause More Deaths

The Food and Drug Administration won’t sign off on Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. bringing its controversial gene therapy back to ...

InnovationRx: Sarepta Blinks In Showdown With FDA

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Moderna’s use of quantum computers, a new top drug regulator at the FDA, ...
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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 stands behind Elevidys after FDA requests gene therapy be pulled from market

As the controversy over the safety of Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapies comes to a head, the biotech is standing firm ...
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Sarepta Therapeutics’ Duchenne therapy faces ‘arduous’ path back to market, senior FDA official says

Sarepta Therapeutics faces an "arduous path” to try to get its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy back onto the ...