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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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FDA adds strongest warning to Sarepta gene therapy for Duchenne’s linked to 2 patient deaths

The Food and Drug Administration is adding a new warning to a gene therapy linked to two patient deaths earlier this year

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FDA adds strongest warning to Sarepta gene therapy linked to 2 patient deaths

The Food and Drug Administration is adding a new warning to a gene therapy linked to two patient deaths earlier this year.

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