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FDA asks Sarepta to stop shipping gene therapy

Breaking: Second Patient Death Prompts FDA Investigation of Sarepta’s Elevidys Gene Therapy

Second patient death from liver failure after Sarepta's Elevidys gene therapy triggers FDA investigation. Stock crashes 41% as company halts non-ambulatory patient treatments.

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Sarepta tells FDA it won’t halt shipments despite patient deaths

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Sarepta shares fall 37% as FDA questions future of key gene therapy

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Sarepta Says It Won't Comply With FDA Request to Stop Shipping Gene Therapy Elevidys

Wall Street analysts have said the third death could amplify patient hesitancy to use Elevidys, given both the therapies use the same delivery vehicle known as adeno-associated virus vector.

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Sarepta Therapeutics crisis is huge blow to Duchenne families, company

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Exclusive: US FDA to request Sarepta to stop all shipments of gene therapy Elevidys, source says

Drugmaker Refuses F.D.A. Request to Pull Treatment Linked to Patient Deaths

The regulator had asked Sarepta Therapeutics to halt all shipments of its therapy, Elevidys, after three patients died from liver failure after taking it or a similar treatment.

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Sarepta Therapeutics lays off 500 employees amid FDA investigation, including 80 in Columbus

Sarepta Therapeutics announced it is laying off nearly 500 employees this week, including 80 at its Easton location. According to a mass layoff notice filed with the state, biotech company Sarepta Therapeutics laid off 80 employees Friday in central Ohio.

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Sarepta Tags DMD Gene Therapy Elevidys With Black Box Warning, Axes 500 Staff

Following the death of two teenage patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy following Elevidys treatment, Sarepta Therapeutics adds a black box warning to the gene therapy for acute liver injury and failure and parts with more than a third of employees.

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Sarepta Axes 500, 36% of Workforce, in Restructuring after DMD Patient Deaths

Sarepta Therapeutics said it will eliminate 36% of its workforce—approximately 500 jobs—in a restructuring that follows the deaths of two Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients following treatment with the marketed gene therapy Elevidys® (delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl).