Sarepta Soars on FDA Submission for Duchenne Drug

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Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. shares soared in late trading after the biotech company announced plans to begin submitting data to U.S. regulators on a drug for the rare disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Sarepta will begin submitting a rolling new drug application this week for eteplirsen and should complete its submission by the middle of the year, the company said in a May 19 statementBloomberg Terminal.