: a severe progressive X-linked muscular dystrophy of males marked by early childhood onset and absence of the protein dystrophin
called also Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
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And a Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatment, the linchpin of the portfolio, failed to show any benefit in a large trial last month.
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Elaine Chen, STAT, 26 July 2024
That was a given, even before the Food and Drug Administration expanded approval of the company’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug on Thursday.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 21 June 2024
Yet a major benefit is that the gene therapy provides another option for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and it’s administered just once.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 20 June 2024
Gene therapy for muscular dystrophy The Food and Drug Administration approved gene therapy for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, said NPR.
—Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 18 Apr. 2024
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Elaine Chen, STAT, 26 July 2024
That was a given, even before the Food and Drug Administration expanded approval of the company’s Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug on Thursday.
—Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 21 June 2024
Yet a major benefit is that the gene therapy provides another option for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and it’s administered just once.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 20 June 2024
Gene therapy for muscular dystrophy The Food and Drug Administration approved gene therapy for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, said NPR.
—Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 18 Apr. 2024
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