Duchenne, European Medicines Agency and gene therapy
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European regulators said that a Duchenne gene therapy should not be approved, imperiling the treatment that is also facing scrutiny in the U.S.
The drug, which was designed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, has been linked to the deaths of two teenage boys.
Sarepta Therapeutics suffered another major setback on Friday as Europe's drug regulator decided not to recommend the approval of Elevidys, following mounting regulatory scrutiny and two recent patient deaths linked to the company's gene therapy.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy affects 12,000 to 15,000 children and young adults in the United States and about 300,000 worldwide. It's caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene, which makes a ...
The Duchenne muscular dystrophy drugs now available only treat the symptoms of the rare muscle-wasting disorder. On Thursday, the FDA approved a Sarepta Therapeutics gene therapy, making it the ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics' investigational gene therapy trials for limb girdle muscular dystrophy following three patient deaths potentially linked to the company's treatments.