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ARTICLE | Regulation

Aug. 12 Quick Takes: Approvals for DMD, acute pain; plus Priority Review for Fabry, hypercholesterolemia therapies and more  

August 13, 2020 1:45 AM UTC

FDA approves a second targeted DMD therapy
NS Pharma Inc.’s Viltepso viltolarsen received accelerated approval from FDA to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy in patients amenable to exon 53 skipping. Vyondys golodirsen from Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT) was the first targeted drug approved for the indication. NS Pharma is a Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd. (Tokyo:4516) subsidiary.

Trevena’s opioid agonist approved...