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Sarepta Therapeutics Announces that at the 23rd International
Congress of the World Muscle Society, Jerry Mendell, M.D., Presented Positive Updated Results from the Four Children Dosed in the Gene Therapy Micro-dystrophin Trial to Treat Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Biopsy of fourth patient showed robust micro-dystrophin expression as measured by Western blot and immunohistochemistry
Positive functional improvements shown across all measures
No serious adverse events (SAEs) observed
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., October 3, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused
on the discovery and development of precision genetic medicine to treat rare neuromuscular diseases, announced that at the 23rd International Congress of the World Muscle Society in Mendoza,
Argentina, Jerry Mendell, M.D., of Nationwide Children s Hospital presented positive updated results from its gene therapy clinical trial assessing AAVrh74.MHCK7.micro-Dystrophin in individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Dr. Mendell presented the following updated data on the four patients enrolled in the study:
Dr. Mendell, the study s principal investigator, in collaboration with Louise Rodino-Klapac, Ph.D., empirically
optimized the AAVrh74.MHCK7 specifically for DMD:
Dr. Mendell stated, The goal of this study was to
validate what we observed in pre-clinical models. We observed efficient transduction of our vector, AAVrh74, to all muscle types; robust expression in skeletal muscles via the MHCK7 promoter; a reduction in
creatine kinase levels; and a favorable safety profile. Similar to pre-clinical models, we also observed in this early study that robust expression has the potential to positively impact the natural course of
disease progression.
Doug Ingram, Sarepta s president and chief executive officer, added, The encouraging results that
we previously saw and reinforced in the fourth patient strengthen our resolve to rapidly move to a confirming trial and, assuming successful, to bring this therapy to the Duchenne community around the world with a sense of urgency.
Mr. Ingram continued, These results create for us an obligation to patients around the globe living with and being damaged by this cruel
disease. We are investing our energy, resources and creativity to moving the development forward, planning meetings with the FDA and other agencies around the world to take their input, building a compelling access and reimbursement package, and
establishing sufficient manufacturing capacity to fully serve the community if our program is successful.
About Sarepta Therapeutics
Sarepta Therapeutics is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of precision genetic medicine to treat rare
neuromuscular diseases. The Company is primarily focused on rapidly advancing the development of its potentially disease-modifying Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) drug candidates. For more information, please visit www.sarepta.com.
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plans, expects, will, intends, potential, possible and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include
statements regarding the results suggesting functional improvements across all measures significantly greater than natural history projections; the potential of the AAVrh74 vector to systemically and robustly be delivered to skeletal, diaphragm and
cardiac muscle without promiscuously crossing the blood brain barrier, making it an ideal candidate to treat peripheral neuromuscular diseases; the ability of the MHCK7 promoter to robustly express in the heart; the potential of the transgene to
maintain spectrin-like repeats 2 and 3; the potential of robust micro-dystrophin expression to positively impact the natural course of DMS progression; Sarepta s intention to rapidly move the micro-dystrophin gene therapy program to a
confirming trial, and, if successful, to bring this therapy to the Duchenne community around the world with a sense of urgency; and Sarepta s plans to move the development forward, meet with the FDA and other agencies around the world to take
their input, build a compelling access and reimbursement package, and establish sufficient manufacturing capacity to fully serve the community if the program is successful.
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clinical trial do not necessarily predict final results; different methodologies, assumptions and applications Sarepta utilizes to assess particular safety or efficacy parameters may yield different statistical results, and even if Sarepta believes
the data collected from clinical trials of its product candidates are promising, these data may not be sufficient to support approval by the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities; Sarepta s ongoing research and development efforts may not
result in any viable treatments suitable for clinical research or commercialization due to a variety of reasons, some of which may be outside of Sarepta s control, including possible limitations of Company financial and other resources,
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