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Sarepta under pressure: FDA requests halt of Elevidys shipments
Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) stock is in focus after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked the company to halt ...
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FDA asks Sarepta to stop shipping Duchenne gene therapy
The company refused the FDA’s request and will continue shipping its therapy, Elevidys, to Duchenne patients who can still ...
Sarepta Therapeutics laying off dozens in Ohio, won't comply with FDA request to halt therapy
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 ...
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The crisis over Sarepta’s Duchenne therapy is a mess. But the lesson is clear
The crisis over Sarepta Therapeutics' Duchenne therapy offers a valuable lesson: Listening to critics, and responding with ...
Sarepta shares cut to $0 at H.C. Wainwright
H.C. Wainwright sets a rare $0 target for Sarepta Therapeutics amid FDA scrutiny over its Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys. Read more here.
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Drugmaker Refuses FDA's Request to Pull Gene Therapy Tied to Patient Deaths
The agency also revoked Sarepta's platform technology designation for AAVrh74 Friday and issued a safety communication saying ...
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5 questions on Sarepta, the FDA and a Duchenne gene therapy crisis
A standoff over Elevidys could have major consequences for Duchenne patients, gene therapy companies and the perception of ...
Sarepta Therapeutics stock sinks after FDA tells company to stop shipping its bestselling drug
Sarepta stock tanked Friday after a new patient death was uncovered, spurring an FDA request to halt shipments of an ...
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Third Death Prompts FDA Action on Sarepta’s Gene Therapy Products
The third death occurred in an adult male with limb girdle muscular dystrophy who received a Sarepta AAVrh74 gene therapy product, SRP-9004, in a phase 4 clinical trial.
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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 ...
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Sarepta to continue shipping gene therapy despite patient deaths
Sarepta Therapeutics said it will continue shipping its gene therapy Elevidys for Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients despite an FDA request to pause distribution following multiple patient deaths.
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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.