Sarepta shares sink on third gene therapy-linked death

  • Sarepta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQRPT) shares pulled back after Thursday's gainsĀ on the announcement of a third patient death linked to the company's experimental gene therapies. The patient, who was participating in a Phase 1 trial for Sarepta's approved AAVrh74-based gene therapy targeting limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, died from acute liver failure.