Research Articles

Sarepta Therapeutics Announces FDA Advisory Committee Meeting to Review Eteplirsen as a Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Amenable to Exon 51 Skipping

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), a developer of innovative RNA-targeted therapeutics, today announced that the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will review Sarepta’s New Drug Application (NDA) for eteplirsen, on January 22, 2016. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date for completion of FDA review of the eteplirsen NDA is February 26, 2016.

BioMarin Announces That FDA Has Advised it Will Not Take Action on the Kyndrisaâ„¢ (drisapersen) New Drug Application by the PDUFA Date

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq:BMRN) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified the Company that they had not yet completed their review process and would be unable to take an action by the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date for KyndrisaTM (drisapersen) of December 27, 2015, and anticipate taking action in early January 2016.

FDA Advisory Committee Discusses Clinical Data Package for BioMarin’s Kyndrisa(TM) (drisapersen) for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Amenable to Exon 51 Skipping

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq:BMRN) announced today that the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) met to discuss the data submitted to support the New Drug Application (NDA) for KyndrisaTM (drisapersen) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) amenable to exon 51 skipping.

BioMarin Announces Data Analysis Demonstrating Consistent Efficacy of Kyndrisaâ„¢ (drisapersen) in Comparable Patients Across Three Randomized Studies

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:BMRN) today announced data analysis for Kyndrisa demonstrating consistent evidence of efficacy in comparable patients across three randomized, placebo-controlled studies that were conducted contemporaneously. Kyndrisa is currently under review with U.S. and European health authorities for the treatment of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who are amenable to exon 51 skipping.

Sarepta Therapeutics Announces Publication of Positive Long-Term Safety and Efficacy Data for Eteplirsen in the Annals of Neurology

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), a developer of innovative RNA-based therapeutics, today announced that the Annals of Neurology published online [link to final article] positive efficacy and safety results from a Phase IIb long-term open-label extension study of eteplirsen in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) amenable to exon 51 skipping.