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Sarepta Acquires Manufacturing Site

by Lisa M. Jarvis
June 2, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 22

Anticipating approval next year of eteplirsen, an RNA-based treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Sarepta Therapeutics will spend $25 million to acquire and upgrade a former Eisai drug manufacturing facility in Andover, Mass. Sarepta says the Japanese firm built the site in 1996 and upgraded it in 2006. It supports 40 technicians and other staffers when fully operational. In April, Sarepta said it will file a New Drug Application for eteplirsen by the end of this year.

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