pharmaphorum

JUNE 1, 2022

The US biotech has just reported phase 2 trial results with the small, interfering RNA (siRNA) gene-silencing drug showing that it an cause a 90% or greater reduction in Lp(a) levels – a risk factor for cardiovascular disease – that was sustained over 48 weeks of follow-up. 70 mg/dL) when given on top of standard treatment.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 21, 2021

UK cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE is set to recommend NHS use of Alnylam’s gene-silencing therapy Givlaari in England and Wales for the rare disease acute hepatic porphyria (AHP), after its advisors issued a positive verdict on the drug. This is a huge development for patients, more info at: [link] !

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 1, 2023

The NIH states: “This natural mechanism for sequence-specific gene silencing promises to revolutionise experimental biology and may have important practical applications in functional genomics, therapeutic intervention, agriculture and other areas.” There are many examples of ways in which RNAi is impacting drug discovery.

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XTalks

JUNE 14, 2023

percent received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat dry eye disease. Sheppard, MD, MMSc, FACS, professor of ophthalmology at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and mid-atlantic medical director for Eye Care Partners and investigator in the development program. What Is Dry Eye Disease?

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Already a major player in gene therapy, Novartis has swooped on US startup Vedere Bio in a $280 million deal that builds its position in inherited eye diseases that can lead to blindness. Novartis’ big move in the gene therapy market came when it bought AveXis for $8.7 It also gets two preclinical-stage development projects.

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pharmaphorum

APRIL 13, 2021

Antios has raised $96 million in Series B financing to support the ongoing phase 2 development of its hepatitis B drug candidate, ATI-2173. There are several competitors developing treatments for hepatitis B in what could turn out to be a competitive market. Feature image courtesy of the US Centers for Disease Control.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 4, 2022

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong explores some of the trends that will be featured in sessions throughout ELRIG Drug Discovery 2022 and the news behind them. Cell and gene therapies. There’s no question that cell and gene therapies have emerged as some of the most promising and innovative medicines on the market. .

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk must like what it has seen in its two-year-old alliance with gene-silencing specialist Dicerna Pharma – it has just agreed to acquire the biotech for $3.3 Dicerna has been a hot tip for takeover for a couple of years, as the list of approved drugs that work via RNAi has lengthened. billion in cash.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

With 28 pioneering speakers from large pharma, innovative biotech and KOLs of academia who are ready to discuss the full and comprehensive range of RNAi drugs from discovery to development and beyond, join us in Boston to hear how they address the major challenges facing the industry. Key Benefits of Attending.

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Drug Discovery World

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

‘Knockout’ mice are bred in a laboratory with specific genes silenced or ‘knocked out’. The goal of this final phase is to produce and phenotype hundreds of knockout mouse models for genes with little to no known function, to better understand the genetic bases for diseases in humans and animals. .

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pharmaphorum

JULY 13, 2021

Diabetes giant Novo Nordisk has opened a new front in its rare disease R&D, thanks to an acquisition agreement with Prothena focusing on drugs for ATTR amyloidosis. In 2019, for example it agreed to work with Dicerna on gene-silencing for liver-related cardio-metabolic disease in a deal that involved a $225 million upfront payment.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

million ($22 million) in second-round financing as it prepares to start clinical trials of its lead drug candidate INT-1B3 for solid tumours. The start of dosing in the phase 1/1b trial of the drug has been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but recruitment of the target 80 participants with advanced solid tumours is reported to be ongoing.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 19, 2023

Alnylam’s gene-silencing drug Amvuttra has been recommended as a treatment for hereditary transthyretin-related (ATTR) amyloidosis by NICE, paving the way for the drug to be made available on the NHS in England and Wales.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JANUARY 31, 2023

Gene therapy company uniQure has entered into a global licensing agreement with Apic Bio for APB-102 to treat patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) caused by mutations in superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1). APB-102 is designed to be a one-time, intrathecally administered gene therapy for ALS patients.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 6, 2021

Analysts are continuing to back Inventiva’s lanifibranor as a potential “best-in-class” drug for the fatty liver disease NASH, as the company prepares for the launch of a phase 3 trial in spring. There are no approved drugs for NASH – full name non-alcoholic steatohepatitis – after the FDA rejected Intercept’s obeticholic acid last year.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The deal – the largest in the pharma sector since the start of the pandemic – bolsters AZ’s immunology franchise with $4 billion blockbuster Soliris (eculizumab) and longer acting follow-up Ultomiris (ravulizumab), plus a pipeline of 11 drugs for rare and autoimmune diseases.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 26, 2021

Scopus is a biopharmaceutical company developing transformational therapeutics based on groundbreaking scientific and medical discoveries. The company’s lead drug candidate is a novel, targeted immuno-oncology gene therapy for the treatment of multiple cancers. LLC acted as Co-Manager for the offering.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Originally developed to treat late-stage EGFR-mutated disease, the ADAURA study tested Tagrisso as an adjuvant treatment in patients with early disease following surgery. The results also suggest further uses for the drug in early disease and more revenues to come from one of the company’s biggest success stories from the last decade.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 23, 2023

Kevin Hemphill, R&D Manager at PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery explores how base editing has emerged as an attractive gene editing option for researchers wanting to develop stem cell-based therapies. Adult fibroblasts were cultured in a cocktail of transcription factors to reactivate embryonic gene expression patterns 2.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Different approaches that are studied include antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), and gene therapies, which are in early clinical trials. Other lines of research look at the genetic overlap between FTD and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which could be used in the development of treatments for both conditions.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 28, 2022

Alnylam Pharma has made a name for itself, developing gene-silencing therapies for rare disorders, but its latest discovery could take it into a much larger category – metabolic and cardiovascular disease. Transgenic mice in which the gene has been deleted have improved control of blood glucose and insulin sensitivity.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Oxlumo (lumasiran) injection for subcutaneous use, the first-ever therapy available for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) to lower urinary oxalate levels in pediatric and adult patients. Injection site reactions (ISRs) were the most common drug-related adverse reaction.

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pharmaphorum

MARCH 4, 2021

The pipeline for dry eye disease drugs is beginning to heat up, with two biotechs announcing key developments, aiming to disrupt a market led by Allergan and Novartis. billion for its FDA-approved dry eye drug Xiidra during the Japanese pharma’s merger with Shire in 2019, outlining the sales potential in this market niche.

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Roots Analysis

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Coding RNAs include messenger RNA (mRNA) and short interfering RNA (siRNA), which encode proteins and silence gene expression, respectively. In the last few years, researchers have become interested in using in vitro transcribed (IVT) mRNA as a drug delivery agent. RNA therapeutics offer several advantages over small molecules.

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