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Sarepta Therapeutics Announces Layoff of 493 Employees, Including 80 in Ohio, Amid FDA Scrutiny and Stock Decline
Sarepta Therapeutics lays off 493 workers amid FDA probe, stock drop, and concerns over its gene therapy treatment, Elevidys.
Sarepta’s Risky Gamble: Gene Therapy Stays on Market Despite FDA Request
When three patients die after taking a cutting-edge drug, most companies hit the brakes. Not Sarepta Therapeutics. The ...
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Sarepta Tells FDA It Won’t Stop Shipments Despite Patient Deaths
Sarepta Therapeutics announced late Friday evening that it will not comply with the Food and Drug Administration's ...
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Sarepta Defies FDA Order Amidst Gene Therapy Controversies
Sarepta Therapeutics refuses the FDA request to halt its gene therapy shipments following a third patient death, challenging ...
Sarepta tells FDA it won’t halt shipments despite patient deaths
In a highly unusual move, Cambridge-based Sarepta said late Friday won’t comply with a request from the Food and Drug ...
Gene therapy maker Sarepta tells FDA it won’t halt shipments despite patient deaths
Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics says it won’t comply with a request from U.S. regulators to halt all shipments of its gene ...
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 ...
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Sarepta reports patient death in limb-girdle trial, compounding concerns on gene therapy risks
The death of a 51-year-old man in the study follows two other deaths of Duchenne patients treated with Sarepta’s marketed ...
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FDA to ask Sarepta to stop shipping Duchenne gene therapy
The company had previously halted shipments to certain older patients following the deaths of two teenagers treated with the ...
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Patient dies in Sarepta gene therapy trial, adding to safety concerns
A 51-year-old man died last month after receiving an experimental treatment from Sarepta, the third death this year tied to ...
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Sarepta reports 3rd patient death after gene therapy treatment
A third patient has died from acute liver failure after receiving a gene therapy treatment from Sarepta Therapeutics, the biotech company confirmed to Bloomberg on July 18. The patient died while ...
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Duchenne Gene Therapy Will Undergo Changes After Patient Deaths
At the FDA's request, delandistrogene moxeparvovec (Elevidys), the only approved gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy ...