New nine-month data on four boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) enrolled in Study-101 testing Sarepta Therapeutics‘ micro-dystrophin gene therapy continues to show “very encouraging” results, company officials said. These updated data, given in a recent investors’ webinar, show the gene therapy resulted in 81.2% increase in dystrophin protein…
Santhera Pharmaceuticals intends to file for a conditional marketing authorization with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for idebenone — to be marketed as Puldysa — as a treatment for respiratory dysfunction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). As it continues to gather data on the therapy, the company…
Young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have a higher rate of bone fractures than healthy children, a retrospective study shows. The fractures are more frequent in lower limbs and decrease the patients’ ability to walk, leading to wheelchair dependence. The study, “Fractures and bone health monitoring in boys…
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) has set up a draft document to review evidence of the effectiveness of treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The review, “Deflazacort, Eteplirsen, and Golodirsen for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Effectiveness and Value,” focuses on Sarepta Therapeutics’ Exondys 51 (eteplirsen) and…
The Hippo signaling pathway — a key regulator of tissue development, and cell growth and death — does not work as it should in Duchenne muscular dystrophy and acts to prevent, rather than aid, the regeneration of muscle cells in DMD patients, a study reports. A member of this pathway, a…
Sarepta Therapeutics‘ microdystrophin gene therapy enhanced dystrophin protein expression in the muscles of four boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) enrolled in a Phase 1/2 trial. More importantly, the gene therapy improved the boys’ functional performance. “The encouraging results that we previously saw and reinforced in the fourth…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has lifted the clinical hold on a Phase 1/2 trial evaluating Sarepta Therapeutics‘ micro-dystrophin gene therapy candidate for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the company announced in a press release. On July 25, the FDA placed the…
Two new research projects have been funded by the Coalition to Cure Calpain 3 (C3), a nonprofit patient advocacy organization, to develop gene therapies for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (LGMD2A). LGMD2A, also known as calpainopathy, is the most common subtype of limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD),…
PTC Therapeutics announced the winners of the 2018 global Strategies to Realize Innovation, Vision and Empowerment (STRIVE) awards, which recognize the efforts of nonprofit organizations working to serve the Duchenne muscular dystrophy community. This year’s winners are patient organizations located in Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Slovenia and Turkey.
A global Phase 3 trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of oral edasalonexent in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) will begin enrolling boys, ages 4 to 7, in the coming months, Catabasis Pharmaceuticals announced. Top-line results from this trial, to be called POLARIS, are expected in April 2020, and this…
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