Sarepta's Duchenne Therapy Sparked Fears
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The agency also revoked Sarepta's platform technology designation for AAVrh74 Friday and issued a safety communication saying the agency was investigating the three deaths due to acute liver failure following treatment with Sarepta's AAVrh74 gene therapies.
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.
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.
Sarepta rebuffed a call from the Food and Drug Administration to halt all shipments of its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy over safety issues, even as patients and investors expressed growing concern about the company’s decision-making.
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MedPage Today on MSNDuchenne Gene Therapy Will Undergo Changes After Patient DeathsAt the FDA's request, delandistrogene moxeparvovec (Elevidys), the only approved gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, will carry a black box warning for acute liver injury and acute liver failure, drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics said.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy affects 12,000 to 15,000 children and young adults in the United States and about 300,000 worldwide. It's caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene, which makes a ...