FDA adds strongest warning to Sarepta gene therapy linked to 2 patient deaths

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it will add a new warning and other limitations to a gene therapy for Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy that’s been linked to two patient deaths . The infused therapy from Sarepta Therapeutics will carry a boxed warning — the most serious type — alerting doctors and patients to the risk of potentially fatal liver failure with the treatment, the FDA said in a release. The one-time therapy, Elevidys, has been under FDA scrutiny since the

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