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Sarepta will resume gene therapy shipments after FDA review of recent patient death
Shares of drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics surged in afterhours trading Monday after the company said it would resume shipping ...
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 ...
Sarepta resumes shipping of gene therapy Elevidys to patients who can walk
Sarepta Therapeutics said on Monday it will resume shipping of its gene therapy Elevidys to patients with a rare muscular ...
Gene therapy maker Sarepta tells FDA it won’t halt shipments despite patient deaths
Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics said it won’t comply with a request from the FDA to halt all shipments of its gene therapy following the death of a third patient receiving one of its ...
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Sarepta gene therapy deaths highlight tragic rare disease dilemma
Regulators block Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment after fatal side-effects outweigh questionable efficacy ...
Exclusive-US FDA to ask Sarepta to stop shipments of gene therapy Elevidys, source says
By Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to ask Sarepta Therapeutics to voluntarily stop all shipments of its gene therapy Elevidys, a source familiar with 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 have attracted attention from regulators ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Sarepta’s Risky Gamble: Gene Therapy Stays on Market Despite FDA Request
When three patients die after taking a cutting-edge drug, most companies hit the brakes. Not Sarepta Therapeutics. The Massachusetts-based biotech company is under fire for refusing a request from the ...
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Untangling Sarepta’s gene therapy fallout and a growing trust deficit
Over a whirlwind three weeks, Sarepta Therapeutics has faced tough safety questions around its commercial gene therapy ...
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Why Sarepta may not survive its current gene therapy crisis
To suggest Sarepta Therapeutics may not survive its gene therapy crisis is a sobering claim to make, STAT's Adam Feuerstein ...