Sarepta and Invitae Join to Speed Diagnosis of Duchenne Patients, Advance Trials of Potential Therapies

Sarepta Therapeutics and Invitae, a company specializing in genetic diagnostics, are expanding a partnership to help clinicians more quickly identify people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Sarepta is working to advance a number of potential — and an approved — disease-modifying treatments for DMD in a series of clinical…

Invitae Adds 11 Panels to Its Genetic Tests for Disease, Including Muscular Dystrophy

Invitae, which specializes in genetic information, has expanded its neurology and cardiology test offerings by adding 11 new panels for genetic diseases. The company has also updated 17 of its neurology panels and eight of its cardiology panels based on recent discoveries in the field of genetics, including tests for muscular dystrophies.