FDA Will Ask Sarepta to Halt Gene Therapy Shipments
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As mothers of children with this disease, we have wept helplessly in recent months as friends — fellow members of a club we never asked to join — said goodbye to their sons, the babies they once held in their arms, whose dreams they held in their hearts until Duchenne robbed them of working muscles or a healthy future.
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MedPage Today on MSNDuchenne Gene Therapy Will Undergo Changes After Patient DeathsAt the FDA's request, delandistrogene moxeparvovec (Elevidys), the only approved gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, will carry a black box warning for acute liver injury and acute liver failure, drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics said.
Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics plunged more than 30% on Friday as the future of its approved gene therapy appeared at risk. Sarepta has reported three patient deaths related to its gene therapies.
A 51-year-old man died last month after receiving an experimental treatment from Sarepta, the third death this year tied to the company's gene therapies
The first patient has been dosed in a clinical trial testing Sardocor's one-time gene therapy for cardiomyopathy associated with Duchenne MD.