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FDA launches probe into new Elevidys death as Sarepta, Roche stress gene therapy not at fault
In its own communique issued shortly after the FDA’s, Sarepta elaborated on the situation and confirmed a Roche statement to ...
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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 ...
MIT Technology Review8d
The deadly saga of the controversial gene therapy Elevidys
The drug, which was designed to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, has been linked to the deaths of two teenage boys.
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Sarepta stands behind Elevidys after FDA requests gene therapy be pulled from market
As the controversy over the safety of Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapies comes to a head, the biotech is standing firm ...
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Sarepta’s Future Increasingly Uncertain as FDA Eyes New Study for Elevidys
CBER is unanimously against Elevdiys’ return to the market without additional evidence, according to media reports citing an ...
FDA’s Reversal on Gene Therapy Helps My Son
Parents of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy weigh in on drug innovation and medical regulation.
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Vinay Prasad's exit signals FDA's probable slip toward more permissive regulation of cell and gene therapy: analyst
But this time, the unknown is hitting the industry in a different way from when Prasad was tapped to lead CBER less than ...
FDA’s top vaccine regulator departs amid conservative criticism
Vinay Prasad, the top vaccine regulator and chief scientific officer at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a critic of the agency’s COVID-19 policies, has departed after being on the job ...