The Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy to treat the most common form of muscular dystrophy. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images…
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Enlarge this image In a close vote, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended approval of a gene therapy for muscular…
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Enlarge this image Susan and Chris Finazzo have enrolled their sons Dylan and Chase in a study of gene therapy for Duchenne…
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Enlarge this image The list price for a year’s treatment with Emflaza is $89,000. The drug is available outside the U.S. for…
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Feb. 10, 2017 — A new drug to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.…
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Enlarge this image Sarepta Therapeutics was awarded a voucher for a fast-track drug review by the Food and Drug Administration when the…
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Controversy Continues Over Muscular Dystrophy Drug, Despite FDA Approval
by NPR September 29, 2016Enlarge this image Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients Jack Willis (center), Nolan Willis (right) and Max LeClaire, attended the opening of Sarepta Therapeutics…
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by explainingmedicine June 21, 2016Vitamin E (By mouth) VYE-ta-min E Treats patients who do not have enough vitamin E in the body and may be used…