Avidity Touts Functional Improvements for DMD Therapy, Clearing Way to FDA

Avidity Biosciences; del-zota; DMD; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; FDA approval; functional improvements; exon 44 skipping; Breakthrough Therapy; clinical trial; BLA submission

Capricor Claims FDA Misinterpreted Efficacy Data Leading to Rejection of DMD Therapy

Capricor Therapeutics; FDA rejection; deramiocel; Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); efficacy data misinterpretation; clinical trial endpoints; HOPE-2 trial; non-parametric test; statistical significance; cell therapy

Untangling Sarepta’s Gene Therapy Fallout and Trust Deficit

Sarepta Therapeutics; gene therapy; Elevidys; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; limb-girdle muscular dystrophy; patient deaths; FDA; AAVrh74 vector; regulatory action; clinical holds; transparency

Vinay Prasad Departs FDA Amid Conservative Criticism and Sarepta Gene Therapy Controversy

Vinay Prasad; FDA; departure; Sarepta Therapeutics; gene therapy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; conservative criticism; CBER; drug approval controversy; Trump administration