NICE recommends gene silencing therapy for porphyria patients on NHS
Pharma Times
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Givlaari uses ‘gene silencing’ RNA interference technology, to target the production of pathogenic compounds in people AHP
Pharma Times
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Givlaari uses ‘gene silencing’ RNA interference technology, to target the production of pathogenic compounds in people AHP
XTalks
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Related: Novartis’ $2 Million Gene Therapy Zolgensma Shows ‘Remarkable’ Results and Offers Hope for Children with SMA. A lack of the gene leads to accumulation of porphyrins — essential compounds found in hemoglobin — in the liver.
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Scienmag
MAY 9, 2022
and colleagues have described a novel form of gene regulation that is altered in bladder cancer, leading to the boosting of a gene pathway that helps the cancer cells survive during rapid growth. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Anindya Dutta, MBBS, Ph.D.,
Pharma Phorum
OCTOBER 13, 2020
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.
Pharma Phorum
AUGUST 27, 2020
Alnylam’s Brendan Martin joined the pharmaphorum podcast for episode 23 to talk about his company’s work in gene-silencing and how it could offer a route to target the current coronavirus pandemic.
Pharma Phorum
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. News R&D Diabetes Dicerna gene silencing hepatology NASH Novo Nordisk RNAi
BioTech 365
MARCH 10, 2021
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 … Continue reading → #news
Scienmag
JANUARY 4, 2021
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). The findings could yield important implications for development of drugs to treat cancer and other diseases. Their findings, reported in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, also explain certain mysteries about the […]. Medicine & Health Biology cancer Genetics Molecular Biology
Pharma Phorum
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Market Access News cholesterol gene silencing HEOR inclisiran Leqvio market access NHS NICE Novartis RNAiNovartis’ cholesterol-lowering drug Leqvio will be made available on the NHS in England and Wales, and could help to prevent up to 30,000 deaths, according to NICE.
Pharma Phorum
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 News R&D Dicerna gene silencing M&A Novo Nordisk RNAi
Pharma Phorum
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
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. Dutch biotech InteRNA Technologies has raised €18.5
Scienmag
JUNE 7, 2021
A number of candidate therapies such as CRISPR-Cas9 and gene silencing require the efficient delivery of functional nucleic acids to the cell cytosol and nucleus. Divita Mathur, Research Assistant Professor, is studying cytosolic access and instability of DNA nanoparticles. Unfortunately, such therapies currently lack proper delivery mechanisms, precluding their widespread applicability. Self-assembled deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) […]. Biology Genetics
Scienmag
JULY 2, 2021
A newly developed CRISPR-Cas9-based tool carries out efficient and long-term gene silencing by epigenetic editing Credit: BioDesign Research Originally discovered as a bacterial mode of defense against invading viruses, the remarkable ability of CRISPR-Cas9 to modify specific locations of DNA has made it a researcher favorite among gene editing tools. Technology and Engineering Biology Biotechnology Cell Biology Gene Therapy Genes Genetics Molecular Biology
Scienmag
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Credit: TMIMS RNA interference is a gene regulatory mechanism in which the expression of specific genes is downregulated by endogenous microRNAs or by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs).
Pharma Phorum
MAY 11, 2022
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.
Pharma Phorum
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.
Pharma Phorum
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Programmable Oligonucleotide Delivery System (PODS), developed by Sixfold Bioscience, is a versatile system which delivers short interfering RNA (siRNA) gene silencing cargo to specific cancer cells.
XTalks
MAY 4, 2021
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the Whitehead Institute have developed a novel CRISPR-based tool called “CRISPRoff” that can switch off genes in human cells through epigenetic editing without altering the genetic sequence itself.
Pharma Phorum
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
Explore latest progress in siRNA chemistry to increase activity, stability, specificity & potential off target effects to improve cellular targeting with insights from Silence Therapeutics & Aro Biotherapeutics.
Pharma Phorum
JUNE 28, 2021
The reductions matched the efficacy of current therapies for ATTR amyloidosis that require chronic dosing such as Alnylam’s Onpattro (patisiran) and Ionis/Akcea’s Tegsedi (inotersen) – both gene-silencing agents which can cost around $450,000 a year.
Pharma Phorum
JULY 13, 2021
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.
XTalks
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Related: Gene Silencing Porphyria Treatment, Givlaari, Finally Wins Over England’s NICE Amid Stellar Long-Term Data. Libmeldy is a lentiviral vector-based gene therapy that delivers working copies of the ARSA gene that is mutated in MLD.
Pharma Phorum
APRIL 13, 2021
It’s the chronic form of the disease that is the main target, with Ionis is working with GSK on an antisense drug that can suppress the hepatitis B virus (HBV), and Roche is working with Dicerna on a rival gene silencing drug.
Pharma Phorum
MARCH 4, 2021
Tivanisiran is based on gene silencing technology using RNA interference (RNAi) and selectively inhibits production of the transient receptor potential cation channel (TRPV1).
Pharma Phorum
OCTOBER 19, 2020
If approved, inclisiran would become the first and only gene-silencing drug to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in these patients.
XTalks
MAY 4, 2021
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the Whitehead Institute have developed a novel CRISPR-based tool called “CRISPRoff” that can switch off genes in human cells without editing the genetic sequence itself. It’s a great tool for controlling gene expression.”.
Pharma Phorum
JANUARY 6, 2021
Only this morning, Novo Nordisk selected the first candidate from a project with Dicerna to find new gene-silencing drugs to treat liver-related diseases including NASH.
Pharma Phorum
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.
Delveinsight
AUGUST 6, 2020
Hereditary ATTR amyloidosis , also known as Familial ATTR, is an autosomal dominant disease and a result of mutations in the TTR gene, thus it is passed down from one generation to the next one. Gene-silencing Therapies.
Pharma Phorum
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Alexion has been working hard to flesh out is pipeline as well, snapping up Achillion Pharma, Syntimmune, Wilson Therapeutics and Portola and forging an alliance with gene-silencing specialist Dicerna focusing on complement diseases.
Pharma Phorum
OCTOBER 19, 2020
If approved, inclisiran would become the first and only gene-silencing drug to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in these patients.
The Pharma Data
JANUARY 26, 2021
The company’s lead drug candidate is a novel, targeted immuno-oncology gene therapy for the treatment of multiple cancers. The company’s lead drug candidate is a novel, targeted immuno-oncology gene therapy for the treatment of multiple cancers. NEW YORK , Jan.
Pharma Phorum
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. Incubated by Atlas Ventures, Cambridge, Massachusetts Vedere has been flying under the radar since it was founded in 2019 to develop adeno-associated virus (AAV) based gene therapies for ocular diseases, but didn’t escape the beady eye of Novartis.
Pharma Marketing Network
DECEMBER 21, 2020
those that modify the expression of an individual’s genes or repair abnormal genes) has entered clinical practice, including 11 RNA therapeutics, 2 in vivo gene therapies, and 2 gene-modified cell therapies.
Pharma Phorum
DECEMBER 23, 2020
2020 also saw some of the first “tumour agnostic” cancer drugs get to market, with Bayer’s Vitravki (larotrectinib) getting funding in the UK for tumours with confirmed neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase (NTRK) gene fusions.”.
The Pharma Data
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
About RNAi RNAi (RNA interference) is a natural cellular process of gene silencing that represents one of the most promising and rapidly advancing frontiers in biology and drug development today. FDA Approves Oxlumo (lumasiran) for the Treatment of Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1.
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