PTC Therapeutics Provides Regulatory Update on Translarna™

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[{"type":"text","content":"WARREN, N.J., Feb. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTCT) announced today that it has withdrawn the New Drug Application (NDA) resubmission for Translarna™ (ataluren) for the treatment of nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) following U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) feedback on the application review.","length":354,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""FDA shared that based on its review to date, the data in the NDA submission are unlikely to meet the Agency's threshold of substantial evidence of effectiveness to support approval of Translarna. We have therefore made the decision to withdraw the NDA submission," said Matthew B. Klein, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of PTC Therapeutics. "We have worked tirelessly for over two decades to develop a safe and effective therapy for boys and young men affected by nonsense mutation DMD in the U.S. and are disappointed that FDA approval cannot be achieved."","length":590,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"About Translarna™ (ataluren)Translarna (ataluren), is a protein restoration therapy designed to enable the formation of a functioning protein in patients with genetic disorders caused by a nonsense mutation. A nonsense mutation is an alteration in the genetic code that prematurely halts the synthesis of an essential protein. The resulting disorder is determined by which protein cannot be expressed in its entirety and is no longer functional, such as dystrophin in Duchenne.","length":478,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"About Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Duchenne)Primarily affecting males, Duchenne is a rare and fatal genetic disorder that results in progressive muscle weakness from early childhood and leads to premature death in the mid-20s due to heart and respiratory failure. It is a progressive muscle disorder caused by the lack of functional dystrophin protein. Dystrophin is critical to the structural stability of all muscles, including skeletal, diaphragm, and heart muscles. Patients with Duchenne can lose the ability to walk (loss of ambulation) as early as 10 years old, followed by loss of the use of their arms. Duchenne patients subsequently experience life-threatening lung complications, requiring the need for ventilation support, and heart complications in their late teens an...

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