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Sarepta's Eteplirsen Approved After Contentious Internal FDA Debate

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CDER Director Woodcock grants accelerated approval after FDA Commissioner Califf refuses to overturn her finding that the drug's effect on dystrophin is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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