Sarepta, FDA and Elevidys
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Shipments will halt by close of business Tuesday evening, the company said. Sarepta had initially rejected the agency’s request, which was issued Friday.
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After the FDA request, Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Sarepta said in a statement that it will continue to ship the therapy to ambulatory people but maintain a halt it implemented June 15 for non-ambulatory patients after reporting to the FDA a case of acute liver failure in a patient who could not walk.
For Sarepta, the hits keep coming, with several downgrades in the past week after it was forced to temporarily take its top-selling drug off the market.
Roche is pausing shipments of Elevidys in some countries, following partner Sarepta Therapeutics’ move in the U.S., as safety concerns mount over the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy. | Roche is pausing shipments of Elevidys in some countries,
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Sarepta Therapeutics' (SRPT) stock continued to sink Tuesday following a rough end to last week, including a previously unreported patient death in a clinical trial of an unnamed therapy and the threat of the FDA taking a different therapy,
The FDA has placed multiple investigational gene therapy clinical trials on hold, signaling broader platform concerns.
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:
Key Takeaways Sarepta Therapeutics shares were down nearly 25% early Friday morning.The tumble followed a report that a third patient has died during a clinical trial for its Elevidys drug that treats muscular dystrophy.