Elevidys, gene
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The Food and Drug Administration won’t sign off on Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. bringing its controversial gene therapy back to the market until the company can persuade US regulators that it won’t cause more deaths,
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The regulator had asked Sarepta Therapeutics to halt all shipments of its therapy, Elevidys, after three patients died from liver failure after taking it or a similar treatment.
The commercial and clinical use of Elevidys was discontinued after two fatal cases of acute liver failure.
Europe's medicines regulator did not recommend the approval of Sarepta Therapeutics' gene therapy Elevidys for a type of rare muscular dystrophy, the health agency said on Friday.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles paused the use of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.’s gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the wake of rising safety concerns about liver toxicity, adding to mounting challenges for the drugmaker.