FDA, Sarepta and Gene Therapy
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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.
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."
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.
Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) stock drops as the company faces potential FDA-mandated studies after safety concerns over its gene therapy, Elevidys. Read more here.
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.