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Sarepta's Shocking Stand: Company Rejects FDA Request To Pull Gene Therapy Elevidys
FDA places clinical hold on Sarepta's LGMD gene therapy trials after three deaths and revokes platform tech designation due ...
Cambridge pharma company lays off almost 500 amid FDA dispute over treatment
A Cambridge-based company developing gene therapies for rare diseases is laying off more than a third of its workforce.
FDA suspends muscular dystrophy drug after 3 patient deaths
The three deaths resulted from acute liver failure in patients treated with either Elevidys or investigational therapies using the same AAVrh74 viral vector technology. One fatality occurred during a ...
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GlucoTrack, Sarepta, TNF Pharma Dominate Weekly Retail Health Care Buzz — Here’s Why
Retail chatter spiked last week as investors piled into three healthcare stocks: GlucoTrack, Sarepta Therapeutics, and TNF ...
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Sarepta to Continue to Ship Duchenne Gene Therapy Elevidys Despite FDA Request
The FDA requested Sarepta voluntarily stop distributing Elevidys after the death of a third patient who received one of the firm's gene therapies.
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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 LGMD trials all hit by FDA hold amid newly surfaced safety concerns over gene therapy
The Sarepta saga continues, with the FDA slapping a clinical hold across all of the company’s investigational limb girdle ...
Sarepta Stock Keeps Sliding as Company Rejects FDA Call to Withdraw Drug
Sarepta Therapeutics has rejected a call by the Food and Drug Administration to stop shipments of its muscular dystrophy drug.
Sarepta slides as FDA places clinical hold on gene therapy clinical trials
Sarepta Therapeutics faces challenges as the FDA halts gene therapy trials for LGMD and revokes AAVrh74 platform designation.
Sarepta extends losses premarket after refusing FDA’s halt request
Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) shares fell as much as 4.8% in premarket trading Monday, poised to extend losses for a second ...
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Cambridge-based gene therapy maker Sarepta tells FDA it won't halt shipments despite patient deaths
Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics said late Friday it won't comply with a request from the Food and Drug Administration to halt ...
FDA Places Sarepta's Investigational Gene-Therapy Trials on Hold Following Patient Death
Separately, the FDA on Friday informally requested that Sarepta voluntarily pause shipments of another gene therapy, Elevidys, that is approved to treat a different type of muscular dystrophy and was ...