Eteplirsen is a synthetic antisense oligonucleotide and a phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer. It consists of a six-membered morpholino ring replacing the five-membered ribofuranosyl rings found in natural DNA and RNA.
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Eteplirsen is indicated for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients who have a confirmed mutation of the DMD gene that is amenable to exon 51 skipping. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on an increase in dystrophin in skeletal muscle observed in some patients treated with eteplirsen.
Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Royal Institute of Child Neurosciences, Ahmedabad, India
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin CVK, Berlin, Germany
Aster RV Hospital, Bengaluru, India
Hopital Trousseau, Bâtiment lemariey, Paris, France
UZ-Gent, Gent, Belgium
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, UOC Neuropsichiatria Infantile, Rome, Italy
Universitair ziekenhuis Gent, Gent, Belgium
Armand-Trousseau Hospital, Paris, France
Site Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Roma, Italy
University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Rare Disease Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Children's Hospital of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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