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Gene Silencing Porphyria Treatment, Givlaari, Finally Wins Over England’s NICE Amid Stellar Long-Term Data

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After initial rejection from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) last year, the non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in England has now given the green light to the gene silencing treatment Givlaari (givosiran) for the treatment of the rare metabolic disorder, acute intermittent porphyria (AIP).

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Vevye: A New Cyclosporine Solution for Dry Eye Disease

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The clinical trials consistently showed significant therapeutic improvements in ocular surface damage and associated symptoms, while pioneering visual function improvement analysis”, said John D. Additionally, the clinical trials underscored the favorable tolerability profile of Vevye.

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Cash round sets up trial of InteRNA’s microRNA for cancer

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million ($22 million) in second-round financing as it prepares to start clinical trials of its lead drug candidate INT-1B3 for solid tumours. InteRNA is focusing on the development of gene-silencing drugs based on microRNA, naturally occurring, non-coding strands of RNA that are thought to regulate gene expression in cells.

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World RNA Day: What impact RNA it had on drug discovery?  

Drug Discovery World

1 August was first chosen as World RNA Day in 2018 as a play on AUG (adenine, uracil and guanine), a triple sequence of RNA (called a codon) that initiates protein synthesis by the cell. Since then, it has been observed to publicise the importance of this molecule in the generation of proteins in the body.

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Unfolding The Folds Of Transthyretin

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The present hATTR treatment market constitutes compounds that stabilize the TTR tetramers, a TTR-directed small interfering RNA, and a TTR-directed antisense oligonucleotide, along with supportive therapies. Gene-silencing Therapies. hATTR market : In The Pipeline.

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2020 review – Pharma’s progress outside of COVID-19

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In summer, Alnylam’s gene silencing drug Oxlumo, the first treatment for primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), an ultra-rare and life-threatening genetic disorder Oxlumo was approved in the European Union and the US. It was the third approval from Alnylam’s pipeline of RNA interference therapeutics to make it to market.

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The trends driving ELRIG Drug Discovery 2022

Drug Discovery World

The pandemic might have affected the number of clinical trials taking place for cell and gene therapies, with activity decreasing by around 15% compared to 2020, but major therapies such as Novartis’ gene therapy drug for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Zolgensma still made it to market. .