FDA, Sarepta and Elevidys
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Sarepta would need to conduct new analyses to validate the safety of Elevidys—which has had U.S. shipments paused by the company over a mounting string of controversies—to the FDA, Endpoints News and Bloomberg separately reported Thursday, citing an unnamed senior FDA official.
The drug, which was designed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, has been linked to the deaths of two teenage boys.
Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) in focus as the biotech says the death of a patient who had received its gene therapy Elevidys was not linked to the drug. Read more here.
CBER is unanimously against Elevdiys’ return to the market without additional evidence, according to media reports citing an anonymous senior FDA official. Given Elevidys’ full approval, however, experts told BioSpace this path would set up a length legal battle between the regulator and
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), the leader in precision genetic medicine for rare diseases, today issued the following statement:
Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) stock drops as the company faces potential FDA-mandated studies after safety concerns over its gene therapy, Elevidys. Read more here.
European regulators on Friday said that the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy Elevidys should not be approved
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