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Eteplirsen approved for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Kate Traynor
- 01 Nov 2016 - 
- Vol. 73, Iss: 21, pp 1719-1719
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FDA on September 19 approved eteplirsen injection, an antisense oligonucleotide therapy marketed by Sarepta Therapeutics, for the treatment of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who have a confirmed mutation of the dystrophin gene that renders it amenable to exon 51 skipping.
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FDA on September 19 approved eteplirsen injection, an antisense oligonucleotide therapy marketed by Sarepta Therapeutics, for the treatment of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who have a confirmed mutation of the dystrophin gene that renders it amenable to exon 51 skipping. Sarepta

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