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,

When three patients die after taking a cutting-edge drug, most companies hit the brakes. Not Sarepta Therapeutics. The Massachusetts-based biotech company is under fire for refusing a request from the U.

Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics says it won’t comply with a request from U.S. regulators to halt all shipments of its gene therapy