U.S. regulators asked Sarepta Therapeutics on Friday to voluntarily halt shipments of its Elevidys gene therapy after a muscular dystrophy patient who received a different, experimental treatment died,

Sarepta Therapeutics is pausing shipments of its gene therapy for muscular dystrophy following several patient deaths that have attracted attention from regulators.

As the controversy over the safety of Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapies comes to a head, the biotech is standing firm behind its approved Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treatment. | As the controversy over the safety of Sarepta Therapeutics’ gene therapies comes to a head,