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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 ...
Gene therapy maker Sarepta tells FDA it won’t halt shipments despite patient deaths
Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics said it won’t comply with a request from the FDA to halt all shipments of its gene therapy ...
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 ...
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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.
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StockWatch: Sarepta Shares Nosedive after LGMD Gene Therapy Patient Dies
The death of a third patient tied to a Sarepta Therapeutics gene therapy this year sent the company’s shares nosediving 36% Friday, halting the momentum the stock generated just a day earlier after ...
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FDA investigating deaths linked to Sarepta’s AAVrh74 gene therapies
As of July 18, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it has received three reports of fatal acute liver failure ...
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The week in pharma: action, reaction and insight – week to July 18
Research news of note last week included US biotech Crinetics Pharmaceuticals releasing new Phase III data on its acromegaly drug candidate Palsonify (paltusotine). AstraZeneca announced positive ...
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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 ...
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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 ...