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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 ...
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 ...
Exclusive: US FDA to ask Sarepta to stop shipments of gene therapy Elevidys, source says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is planning to ask Sarepta Therapeutics to voluntarily stop all shipments of its gene ...
Sarepta shares plunge 40% as future of its gene therapy appears at risk
Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics plunged more than 30% on Friday as the future of its approved gene therapy appeared at risk.
Gene therapy maker Sarepta tells FDA it won't halt shipments despite patient deaths
Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics says it won’t comply with a request from U.S. regulators to halt all shipments of its gene ...
Exclusive-US FDA to request Sarepta to stop all shipments of gene therapy Elevidys, source says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will request Sarepta Therapeutics to voluntarily stop all shipments of its gene therapy ...
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Breaking: Second Patient Death Prompts FDA Investigation of Sarepta’s Elevidys Gene Therapy
Second patient death from liver failure after Sarepta's Elevidys gene therapy triggers FDA investigation. Stock crashes 41% ...
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Sarepta Reports a Third Gene-Therapy Related Patient Death
The patient, who was being treated with an investigational gene therapy for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, died of acute ...
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Sarepta Tags DMD Gene Therapy Elevidys With Black Box Warning, Axes 500 Staff
Following the death of two teenage patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy following Elevidys treatment, Sarepta ...
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FDA mulls Elevidys market withdrawal following 3rd death after a Sarepta gene therapy
Although Sarepta initially appeared to have avoided the worst possible outcome for Elevidys—market withdrawal—thanks to the gene therapy’s new black box warning, the FDA is signaling stronger ...
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FDA to ask Sarepta to stop shipping Duchenne gene therapy
The company had previously halted shipments to certain older patients following the deaths of two teenagers treated with the ...
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StockWatch: Sarepta Shares Nosedive after LGMD Gene Therapy Patient Dies
The death of a third patient tied to a Sarepta Therapeutics gene therapy this year sent the company’s shares nosediving 36% Friday, halting the momentum the stock generated just a day earlier after ...