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Bone Health in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
An alternative to using standard glucocorticoids is the synthetic dissociative steroid vamorolone (Agamree), which was ...
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FDA allows distribution of muscular dystrophy drug again after public criticism
The agency’s now-reversed decision to halt distribution of a gene therapy for children suffering from muscular dystrophy ...
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The story of Sarepta's Duchenne gene therapy
The last couple of weeks has been particularly distressing for Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients and their families. The ...
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Shipments of Duchenne Gene Therapy to Resume After FDA Review of Patient Death
Sarepta's therapy has been under scrutiny from regulators after two teenage boys died earlier this year from acute liver ...
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For many Duchenne families, halt to gene therapy is heartbreak upon heartbreak
As gene therapy maker Sarepta Therapeutics tangles with FDA over its Duchenne treatment, patients and their families are ...
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FDA takes U-turn on Sarepta's Elevidys, backing Duchenne gene therapy again in ambulatory patients
Monday, the FDA said Sarepta may resume treating ambulatory DMD patients with Elevidys. The recommendation comes just 10 days ...
Parents call on FDA for path forward after Duchenne's gene therapy pause | Morning in America
The Food and Drug Administration has paused distribution of the gene therapy Elevidys following the death of a third patient ...
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FDA permits use of Sarepta Therapeutics’ Duchenne therapy in younger patients after short-lived halt
The FDA said it was clearing the way for Sarepta Therapeutics to resume shipments of its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular ...
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Vinay Prasad leaves FDA after less than three months amid Duchenne gene therapy controversy
A senior official at the US Food and Drug Administration has suddenly resigned after only three months in the job. Vinay Prasad’s departure followed controversy over a treatment for Duchenne muscular ...
FDA Suspends Muscular Dystrophy Drug After 3 Patient Deaths
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics' investigational ...
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duchenne muscular dystrophy Coverage - MedCity News
Sarepta Therapeutics’ Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapy fell short of its main Phase 3 goal, but the firm contends the full body of evidence supports expanding the therapy’s label to ...