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Novartis buys a preclinical biotech and its RNA drug technology

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For $500 million, Novartis will acquire DTx Pharma and its preclinical neurological disease drugs, marking the Swiss company’s latest investment in gene-silencing medicines.

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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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New CEO Mortazavi takes UK biotech e-therapeutics into gene silencing

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UK biotech e-therapeutics has a new CEO, with executive chairman and former Silence Therapeutics chief Ali Mortazavi chosen to spearhead the next stage in the company’s development into gene silencing and other areas. The post New CEO Mortazavi takes UK biotech e-therapeutics into gene silencing appeared first on.

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#news #biotech Northwestern U’s novel gene-silencing RNA drug shows promise in glioblastoma

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Biotechnology, Pharma and Biopharma News – Research – Science – Lifescience ://Biotech-Biopharma-Pharma: Northwestern U’s novel gene-silencing RNA drug shows promise in glioblastoma.Northwestern U’s novel gene-silencing RNA drug shows promise in glioblastoma aliu Wed, 03/10/2021 – 06:56 from FierceBiotech: Biotech (..)

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Novo Nordisk’s gene silencing alliance with Dicerna bears first fruit

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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. The post Novo Nordisk’s gene silencing alliance with Dicerna bears first fruit appeared first on.

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Study resolves long-running controversy over critical step in gene silencing

Scienmag

The findings could yield important implications for development of drugs to treat cancer and other diseases. BOSTON – A long-running debate over how an important gene-silencing protein identifies its targets has been resolved by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

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UK’s NHS Backs World’s Costliest Drug Libmeldy for the Treatment of Rare Disease MLD

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Developed by Orchard Therapeutics, Libmeldy received approval from the European Commission (EC) in December 2020 and about a month later, received a regenerative medicine advanced therapy (RMAT) designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite its path to approval in the US.