Second patient death from liver failure after Sarepta's Elevidys gene therapy triggers FDA investigation. Stock crashes 41% as company halts non-ambulatory patient treatments.

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. said another patient has died from acute liver failure after receiving one of its gene therapies, putting additional pressure on the biotech company after the recent deaths of two teenage boys.

Drugmaker Sarepta Therapeutics said it won’t comply with a request from the FDA to halt all shipments of its gene therapy following the death of a third patient receiving one of its