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FDA Adds Strongest Warning to Sarepta Gene Therapy for Duchenne’s Linked to 2 Patient Deaths
The FDA mandates weekly liver monitoring and restricts Elevidys use to ambulatory patients aged 4 and older after two deaths linked to liver failure.
- The FDA has added the strongest warning to Sarepta's gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Elevidys, due to two patient deaths.
- The therapy will now carry a boxed warning about the risk of potentially fatal liver failure, and its use is limited to ambulatory patients aged 4 and older.
- Sarepta announced layoffs of 500 employees in July, as the FDA scrutiny and labeling changes have weighed on the company and its stock.
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Gene Therapy Gets FDA's Strongest Warning After Fatal Liver Injuries
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA added a boxed warning to delandistrogene moxeparvovec (Elevidys) gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and changed the indication of the drug after reports of fatal liver injury emerged, the agency announced Friday...
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