By Editor , 19 October 2026
FDA Panel Votes 9-3 Against Capricor's Deramiocel in DMD Heart Disease

SAN DIEGO – October 19, 2026 -- The FDA's Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee voted 9-3, with no abstentions, that available evidence did not support the effectiveness of Capricor Therapeutics' Deramiocel for cardiomyopathy in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), leaving the company's PDUFA target action date of August 22, 2026 as the next decision point.