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FDA approves Duchenne gene therapy with hefty $3.2m price tag

Pharmaceutical Technology

Sarepta will now need to complete a confirmatory trial to prove the therapy improves physical function and mobility.

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Sarepta wins FDA approval of another drug for rare muscular dystrophy

Bio Pharma Dive

Amondys 45 is now cleared for the estimated 8% of Duchenne patients eligible for treatment. Like other Sarepta drugs, it comes with a high price tag and its clinical benefits haven't been confirmed.

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Sarepta’s Elevidys Reaches Finish Line as First Gene Therapy Approved for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

XTalks

Gene therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have been an area of intense research and Sarepta’s Elevidys is now the first one to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). million price tag of Elevidys, a one-time gene therapy. In a media call, Sarepta CEO Douglas Ingram revealed the $3.2

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New Rare Disease Drugs and Research Advancements

XTalks

Technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 have revolutionized the potential for gene editing, offering hope for curative treatments for conditions like Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and certain types of inherited blindness. Sarepta hopes to clarify Elvidys’ effectiveness in older children in a confirmatory trial.

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HP&M Attorneys Receive Accolades: Top Lawyer Under 40 and WWL: Life Sciences 2023 Global Elite Thought Leader

FDA Law Blog

Duchenne, Friederichs’s Ataxia, Sickle Cell Disease, Chagas, ALS). In addition to Mr. Karst, ten other HP&M Directors were tagged as “Recommended” by WWL: Life Sciences 2023: Ricardo Carvajal Robert A. Dormer Jeffrey N. Gibbs Paul M. Hyman Alan M. Kirschenbaum Allyson B. Mullen Frank J. Sasinowski Jeffrey K.

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Women in Science Who Have Paved the Way Forward in Genetics

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They conducted two experiments, one with radioactive phosphorous to label DNA, and one with radioactive sulfur to tag protein (DNA does not contain sulfur and protein does not contain phosphate groups). Through the radioactive labels, they were able to track which of the two, DNA or protein, was injected into the bacteria.

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