FDA, Gene Therapy and Sarepta
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The agency’s now-reversed decision to halt distribution of a gene therapy for children suffering from muscular dystrophy raised questions about a key FDA official who broke with Trump on regulation.
The Sarepta saga continues, with the FDA slapping a clinical hold across all of the company’s investigational limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) trials, while also revoking the biopharma’s gene therapy platform technology designation.
A timeline of key developments surrounding Sarepta Therapeutics' Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug Elevidys, and the potential future impacts for gene therapy regulation and market access.
In a statement, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company said that shipments of Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec) will restart while it continues dialogue with the FDA "on next steps in the safety labelling process and risk-mitigation approach for non-ambulatory patients."
FDA places clinical hold on Sarepta's LGMD gene therapy trials after three deaths and revokes platform tech designation due to safety concerns.