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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Perrone

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

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.

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