The new drugs approved by the FDA for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) are Amondys 45 (casimersen), Viltepso (viltolarsen), Vyondys 53 (golodirsen), Exondys 51 (eteplirsen), Elevidys (delandistrogene moxeparvovec), and Emflaza (deflazacort). They include antisense oligonucleotides, a glucocorticoid and a gene therapy.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disease that causes progressive weakness, loss of motor function and damage to skeletal and heart muscles. DMD, which has no cure, primarily affects males starting in early childhood, usually between 2 and 3 years of age.