Gene Therapy: Four-Month Lag In Commercial Access Protects EMBARK Study, Sarepta Says
Executive Summary
Company’s prediction that Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients likely would not be able to access SRP-9001 until four months after accelerated approval eased some US FDA panelists’ concerns about interference with the ongoing confirmatory trial.
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