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Patient Dies After Receiving Sarepta’s Gene Therapy
Sarepta Therapeutics said early Tuesday that a patient had died after receiving its gene therapy Elevidys, which treats the ...
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After patient’s death, study cites potential barrier to Elevidys
A few weeks after Sarepta Therapeutics confirmed a patient died after receiving its drug Elevidys, research published April 3 ...
Sarepta’s Gene Therapy Under Scrutiny After Patient Death
Shares of Sarepta, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, dropped more than 27% on Tuesday, closing at about $73 per share. Elevidys, which costs $3.2 million for a one-time infusion, was the first gene ...
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Sarepta reports one death after patient received DMD gene therapy Elevidys
One patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has passed away following treatment with Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy Elevidys ... crossed over to receive Elevidys after initially ...
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Sarepta Says Teen Died After Its Gene Therapy Treatment
Sarepta Therapeutics said on Tuesday that a 16-year-old boy died from acute liver failure months after receiving the company's U.S-approved gene therapy for a rare muscular dystrophy. The patient ...
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Patient dies following muscular dystrophy gene therapy, Sarepta reports
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarepta Therapeutics said Tuesday that a patient died while taking its closely watched gene therapy for muscular ... from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days The House ...
A recent gene therapy death shines a light on AAV safety
The death of a 16-year-old boy taking a gene therapy this month dealt a fresh blow to the Duchenne muscular dystrophy community. The patient died from acute liver failure months after starting ...
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Liver Failure-Associated Death Reported in Patient Treated With Sarepta Gene Therapy Elevidys
The patient, a young man, suffered acute liver failure after receiving the therapy ... death. Fatalities have also been reported following the launch of Novartis’s Zolgensma, an AAV-delivered ...
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Sarepta's gene therapy under scrutiny after patient death
A patient has died while receiving Elevidys, a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, marking the first known death linked to the treatment. The company behind the drug, Sarepta ...