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Elevidys Needs More Safety Data to Support Full Approval: Expert
More safety data will be needed to support the full approval of Chugai Pharmaceutical's Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene therapy Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec), a leading Japanese pediatric neurologist said on June 17. Elevidys, a gene therapy jointly developed by Roche…
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