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Roche halts Elevidys distribution in some countries, following Sarepta's lead in US

Roche is pausing shipments of Elevidys in some countries, following partner Sarepta Therapeutics’ move in the U.S., as safety concerns mount over the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy. | Roche ...
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Following Sarepta’s Lead, Roche Suspends Elevidys Shipments to Some Ex-US Countries

Discovered and developed by Sarepta Therapeutics, Elevidys is a gene therapy that won accelerated approval in June 2023 and ...

Precision BioSciences Receives FDA Orphan Drug Designation for PBGENE-DMD for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Precision BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DTIL), a clinical stage gene editing company utilizing its novel proprietary ARCUS® ...
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Duchenne gene therapy halted after three deaths and company u turn

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 ...

Roche Pauses Contested Gene Therapy’s Shipments Outside US

Roche Holding AG paused some shipments of the controversial gene therapy Elevidys following a similar action by the embattled ...

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 ...

Sarepta Therapeutics crisis is huge blow to Duchenne families, company

Sarepta rebuffed a call from the Food and Drug Administration to halt all shipments of its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular ...

Sarepta pares gains as report suggests an ‘arduous’ path for Duchenne drug

Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRPT) faces an “arduous and treacherous path” to bring its gene therapy Elevidys back to market, ...