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Muscular dystrophy

Food and Drug Administration
Health / Medical / National

FDA Clears Path for Resumed Use of Elevidys Gene Therapy in Ambulatory DMD Patients

August 3, 2025August 3, 2025 - by Maryann Pugh

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended lifting the voluntary clinical hold on Elevidys for ambulatory patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), following a thorough …

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Food and Drug Administration
National

FDA Probes Death of Child Linked to Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

July 27, 2025July 27, 2025 - by Maryann Pugh

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health regulators are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy who received Elevidys, a gene therapy developed by Sarepta Therapeutics for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare …

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
National / Research

FDA Shuts Down Sarepta Gene Therapy Trials After Three Deaths Linked to Liver Failure

July 21, 2025July 20, 2025 - by Maryann Pugh

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday placed Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapy trials for limb girdle muscular dystrophy on clinical hold following the deaths of three patients …

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2025 International Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Conference
Regional

International LGMD Conference to Unite Global Community in Orlando

January 25, 2025January 25, 2025 - by Timothy Alexander

LANCASTER, PA — The Speak Foundation is set to host the fourth International Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD) Conference on July 18, 2025, at the J.W. Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes. This …

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