U.S. regulators asked Sarepta Therapeutics on Friday to voluntarily halt shipments of its Elevidys gene therapy after a muscular dystrophy patient who received a different, experimental treatment died,

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. has refused to pause all shipments of its Elevidys treatment after three deaths were linked to the company’s gene therapies, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

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