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Sarepta will halt all shipments of Elevidys, its drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients, by Tuesday evening.
The Food and Drug Administration won’t sign off on Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. bringing its controversial gene therapy back to the market until the company can persuade US regulators that it won’t cause more deaths,
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics' investigational gene therapy trials for limb girdle muscular dystrophy following three patient deaths potentially linked to the company's treatments.
The biotechnology company Sarepta Therapeutics has decided to suspend entirely one of its treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) just days after it refused a request from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pull the drug from the market.
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There were warnings to the FDA about Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. before US regulators asked the company to halt shipments of its gene therapy.
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Zacks Investment Research on MSNSRPT Down After Third Death in Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy ProgramShares of Sarepta Therapeutics SRPT nosedived 35.9% on Friday following the death of a patient dosed with one of its experimental gene therapies. The company confirmed that a 51-year-old, non-ambulant (unable to walk) limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) patient died due to acute liver failure (ALF).
Shipments will halt by close of business Tuesday evening, the company said. Sarepta had initially rejected the agency’s request, which was issued Friday.
Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRPT) faces an “arduous and treacherous path” to bring its gene therapy Elevidys back to market, according to a STAT report citing a senior FDA official, suggesting the treatment’s license could be revoked amid ongoing safety concerns.