Sarepta, Elevidys
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The Food and Drug Administration won’t sign off on Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. bringing its controversial gene therapy back to the market until the company can persuade US regulators that it won’t cause more deaths,
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.
The commercial and clinical use of Elevidys was discontinued after two fatal cases of acute liver failure.
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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