FDA Will Ask Sarepta to Halt Gene Therapy Shipments
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The FDA will request Sarepta Therapeutics stop all shipments of Elevidys, its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, following two deaths tied to the product.
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), the leader in precision genetic medicine for rare diseases, today issued the following statement:
The death of a 51-year-old man in the study follows two other deaths of Duchenne patients treated with Sarepta’s marketed gene therapy Elevidys.