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FDA’s Prasad Exits Following Political Backlash Over Sarepta
Vinay Prasad, a top regulator at the US Food and Drug Administration, left the agency after a short-lived tenure that ended ...
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Vinay Prasad departs FDA amid conservative criticism, controversy over Sarepta gene therapy
Vinay Prasad, M.D., has left the FDA less than three months into the role as director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation ...
Sarepta finally gets some good news: A patient death wasn’t its DMD drug’s fault.
Sarepta Therapeutics’ stock was soaring Tuesday after the FDA recommended lifting the pause on the company’s Duchenne ...
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FDA permits use of Sarepta Therapeutics’ Duchenne therapy in younger patients after short-lived halt
The FDA said it was clearing the way for Sarepta Therapeutics to resume shipments of its gene therapy for Duchenne muscular ...
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FDA launches probe into new Elevidys death as Sarepta, Roche stress gene therapy not at fault
In its own communique issued shortly after the FDA’s, Sarepta elaborated on the situation and confirmed a Roche statement to ...
FDA probes death of patient on Sarepta's Elevidys, partner Roche says death unrelated to therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it was investigating the death of an eight-year-old boy who received ...
Sarepta Stock Rises Despite Downgrade and FDA Probe. The Crisis Explained.
Sarepta shares gained even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said late Friday that it was probing the death of an ...
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Untangling Sarepta’s gene therapy fallout and a growing trust deficit
Over a whirlwind three weeks, Sarepta Therapeutics has faced tough safety questions around its commercial gene therapy ...