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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% ...
FDA Probes Death of Boy in Brazil on Sarepta’s Elevidys
US regulators are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy in Brazil who received Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.’s Elevidys.
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Europe moves to reject embattled Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy
European regulators said that a Duchenne gene therapy should not be approved, imperiling the treatment that is also facing ...
Roche provides regulatory update on Elevidys™ gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the EU
EMA’s CHMP issued an opinion not to recommend Elevidys™ (delandistrogene moxeparvovec) for the treatment of ambulatory ...
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Roche won't throw in the towel after DMD gene therapy Elevidys' rebuff in Europe
Despite a new setback for Elevidys in Europe, Roche—which markets Sarepta’s gene therapy outside the U.S.—remains committed ...
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Sarepta woes mount as Duchenne gene therapy knocked back in Europe
The European Medicines Agency determined testing failed to prove Elevidys’ benefit and issued a negative opinion that could ...
FDA Suspends Muscular Dystrophy Drug After 3 Patient Deaths
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics' investigational ...
Health Beat: Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Genetic testing could not confirm Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but a muscle biopsy at UCLA did. "He could see that he was ...