Research Overview

Duchenne Therapeutic Pipeline

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Dystrophin Gene Therapy


Mechanism

Company

Drug

Status
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Micro-dystrophin Gene Replacement Sarepta Therapeutics Elevidys/SRP-9001 Approved  
Micro-dystrophin Gene Replacement Pfizer PF-06939926 Discontinued cd-funded-square
Micro-dystrophin Gene Replacement Genethon (Sarepta) GNT-0004 clinical Clinical  
Micro-dystrophin Gene Replacement RegenxBio RGX-202 clinical Clinical  
Micro-dystrophin Gene Replacement Solid Biosciences SGT-001 Discontinued  
Micro-dystrophin Gene Replacement Solid Biosciences SGT-003 clinical Clinical  
Micro-dystrophin Gene Replacement Insmed INS1201 clinical Clinical cd-funded-square

Dystrophin Gene Editing


Mechanism

Company

Drug

Status
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Genome Editing (Exon 45-55) MyoGene Bio CRISPR/Cas9 Preclinical cd-funded-square
Genome Editing (Exon 45-55) Precision BioSciences ARCUS-Mediated Excision clinical Clinical  

Dystrophin Exon Skipping


Mechanism

Company

Drug

Status
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PMO Sarepta Therapeutics Exondys 51 (Exon 51) Accelerated Approval cd-funded-square
PMO Sarepta Therapeutics Vyondys 53 (Exon 53) Accelerated Approval  
PMO Sarepta Therapeutics Amondys 45 (Exon 45) Accelerated Approval  
PPMO Sarepta Therapeutics SRP-5051 (Exon 51) Discontinued  
PMO NS Pharma Viltepso (Exon 53) Accelerated Approval  
PMO NS Pharma NS-089/NCNP-02 (Exon 44) clinical Clinical  
PMO NS Pharma NS‐050/NCNP‐03 (Exon 50) clinical Clinical  
PMO NS Pharma Exon 51, 55, 45 Preclinical  
AAV-U7 snRNA Nationwide Children’s Exon 2 clinical Clinical cd-funded-square
Stereopure-PN-ASO Wave Life Sciences WVE-N531 (Exon 53) clinical Clinical  
Stereopure-PN-ASO Wave Life Sciences Exon 44, 45, 51, 52 Preclinical  
Antibody-PMO Avidity Biosciences del-zota (Exon 44) clinical Clinical cd-funded-square
Antibody-PMO Avidity Biosciences Exon 45, 51 Preclinical cd-funded-square
Antibody-PMO Dyne Therapeutics DYNE-251 (Exon 51) clinical Clinical cd-funded-square
Antibody-PMO Dyne Therapeutics Exon 44, 45, 53 Preclinical cd-funded-square
PPMO (EDO-CPP) PepGen PGN-EDO51 (Exon 51) Discontinued cd-funded-square
PPMO (EDO-CPP) PepGen Exon 44, 45, 53 Discontinued cd-funded-square
PPMO (Endosomal Escape) Entrada Therapeutics ENTR-601-44 (Exon 44) clinical Clinical cd-funded-square
PPMO (Endosomal Escape) Entrada Therapeutics ENTR-601-45 (Exon 45) clinical Clinical cd-funded-square
PPMO (Endosomal Escape) Entrada Therapeutics ENTR-601-50 (Exon 50), ENTR-601-51 (Exon 51) Preclinical cd-funded-square
PS-ASO BioMarin Pharmaceutical BMN 351 (Exon 51) clinical Clinical  

Dystrophin Stop Codon Read-Through


Mechanism

Company

Drug

Status
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Stop Codon Read-through PTC Therapeutics Ataluren Conditional Approval in EU cd-funded-square
Stop Codon Read-through Tevard Biosciences tRNA-based approach Preclinical cd-funded-square

Anti-Inflammatory


Mechanism

Company

Drug

Status
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Corticosteroid PTC Therapeutics Emflaza Approved  
Corticosteroid Catalyst/Santhera/ReveraGen Vamorolone/AGAMREE Approved cd-funded-square

OTHERS


Mechanism

Company

Drug

Status
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HDAC Inhibitor Italfarmaco Givinostat/Duvyzat Approved  
Cardiac-derived Exosomes Capricor Therapeutics Deramiocel (Cap-1002) clinical Clinical cd-funded-square
Muscle Stabilizer Edgewise Therapeutics Sevasemten (EDG-5506) clinical Clinical cd-funded-square
Muscle Repair and Regeneration Satellos SAT-3247 clinical Clinical cd-funded-square
Anti-IL1beta Antibody Children’s Research Institute Ilaris clinical Clinical  
PGD Synthase Inhibitor Taiho Pharmaceutical TAS-205 clinical Clinical  
IGF-1 Ipsen Increlex  clinical Clinical  
Thromboxane Receptor Inhibitor Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Ifetroban clinical Clinical  

 

Last Updated July 2026

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