pharmaphorum

JANUARY 6, 2021

Two years after starting to work together, Novo Nordisk and Dicerna have selected the first candidate from a joint project to find new, gene-silencing drugs for liver-related cardiometabolic diseases. In 2019 the Danish company also licensed a preclinical-stage, small-molecule candidate for NASH from Japan’s UBE.

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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.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 11, 2022

The pharma group will provide funding for the research in return for exclusive license options on the programmes. billion takeover of gene-silencing specialist Dicerna Pharma last year, another deal aimed at extending its R&D capabilities by bolting on a new platform technology – in this case RNA interference (RNAi) drugs.

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pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The FDA has approved Alnylam’s gene silencing drug Oxlumo, the first treatment for primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), an ultra-rare and life-threatening genetic disorder. Alnylam is hoping that revenue will stream from its new products and payments from Novartis, which owns the rights to cholesterol lowering drug inclisiran.

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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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