Duchenne Breakthrough Hopes Rise With More Data From Sarepta Gene Therapy

Phase II Data Bodes Well For Pivotal EMBARK Trial

More data from Sarepta’s mid-stage studies help bolster confidence in the gene therapy but will the US FDA call in the drug for an early appraisal or await Phase III data next year?

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Sarepta expect to complete dosing in their Phase III EMBARK study later this year, with a first readout then due in mid-2023 • Source: Shutterstock

New data from Sarepta Therapeutics’s gene therapy SRP-9001 in Duchenne muscular dystrophy have provided more evidence it could halt and even reverse the muscle wasting disease in children, with one study showing the effects stretching out to four years post-therapy.

That reconfirms Sarepta’s candidate, which is partnered with Roche, as the frontrunner in the race to develop a gene...

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