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FDA probes deaths of boys taking Sarepta Duchenne drug
The FDA said yesterday that it is investigating the deaths from liver failure of two non-ambulatory boys with Duchenne ...
Did The FDA Make A Mistake? Sarepta's Elevidys Approval Under Scrutiny
FDA is investigating Sarepta's Elevidys after two deaths from liver failure in non-ambulatory DMD patients, raising safety ...
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Sarepta Stock Slumps After FDA Opens Probe Into Patient Death, Analyst Sounds Alarm
Brokerage H.C. Wainwright on Wednesday opined that there will be” little intrinsic value” in Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) if ...
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FDA investigates patient deaths after treatment with Sarepta's Duchenne gene therapy Elevidys
In one of the first major tests of the new FDA leadership’s regulatory philosophy toward gene therapies for rare diseases, ...
Precision BioSciences gets FDA rare disease status for DMD treatment, stock jumps 10%
Precision BioSciences (NASDAQ:DTIL)  announced Wednesday that its experimental therapy PBGENE-DMD has received Rare Pediatric ...
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FDA Probes Gene Therapy After Two Deaths
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is characterized by a mutation in the DMD gene that leads to a lack of dystrophin and muscle loss ...
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Precision BioSciences Gains FDA Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for PBGENE-DMD
Precision BioSciences, Inc. received a Rare Pediatric Disease Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for PBGENE-DMD to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
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U.S. Domestic Briefs: Health Challenges, Tech Advancements, and Political Upsets
Recent U.S. domestic news covers the FDA investigating deaths post-gene therapy by Sarepta, discussions at a CDC advisory ...
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FDA Reviews Sarepta’s Elevidys After Second Patient Death
The FDA is assessing the need for “further regulatory action” on Sarepta's Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy in the ...
FDA investigates patient deaths after treatment with Sarepta's gene therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that it is investigating reports of two deaths due to acute liver ...
Two Children Dead After Gene Therapy: Florida Attorney Raises Alarms About FDA Oversight
A second child has died after receiving Elevidys, an experimental gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy—raising serious concerns about regulatory shortcuts, patient safety, and the urgent need ...
Sarepta Viral Vector Gets FDA Platform Technology Designation
Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT) is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops ...