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StockWatch: As Prasad Exits FDA, Analysts See Benefit for Sarepta, CGT Stocks
Rare disease and gene therapy stocks, battered in recent months by clinical and commercial setbacks, will likely benefit from the sudden departure this past week of Vinayak (Vinay) Prasad, MD, as ...
Sarepta will resume gene therapy shipments after FDA review of recent patient death
Shares of drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics surged in afterhours trading Monday after the company said it would resume shipping ...
Sarepta resumes shipping of gene therapy Elevidys to patients who can walk
Sarepta Therapeutics said on Monday it will resume shipping of its muscular disorder gene therapy to patients who can walk, ...
Sarepta shares rebound after shipments of gene therapy Elevidys resume in US
Sarepta Therapeutics shares snapped a three-day losing streak on Tuesday, as analysts said resumption of U.S. shipments for ...
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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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Untangling Sarepta’s gene therapy fallout and a growing trust deficit
Over a whirlwind three weeks, Sarepta Therapeutics has faced tough safety questions around its commercial gene therapy ...
FDA Says Sarepta Can Resume Gene Therapy in Some Patients
In a major win for Sarepta Therapeutics Inc., US regulators are recommending that patients who can walk be allowed to take ...
Gene therapy maker Sarepta tells FDA it won’t halt shipments despite patient deaths
Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics says it won’t comply with a request from U.S. regulators to halt all shipments of its gene ...
In a reversal, Sarepta says it will pause shipments of gene therapy linked to deaths
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer In a reversal, the drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics said July 21 it is stopping all ...
Sarepta’s Risky Gamble: Gene Therapy Stays on Market Despite FDA Request
When three patients die after taking a cutting-edge drug, most companies hit the brakes. Not Sarepta Therapeutics. The ...
Sarepta Therapeutics says it will pause shipments of Duchenne gene therapy
Shipments will halt by close of business Tuesday evening, the company said. Sarepta had initially rejected the agency’s ...
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Sarepta reports patient death in limb-girdle trial, compounding concerns on gene therapy risks
The death of a 51-year-old man in the study follows two other deaths of Duchenne patients treated with Sarepta’s marketed ...