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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.
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 genesilencing treatment Givlaari (givosiran) for the treatment of the rare metabolic disorder, acute intermittent porphyria (AIP).
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 genesilencing and other areas. The post New CEO Mortazavi takes UK biotech e-therapeutics into genesilencing appeared first on.
Two years after starting to work together, Novo Nordisk and Dicerna have selected the first candidate from a joint project to find new, gene-silencingdrugs for liver-related cardiometabolic diseases. The post Novo Nordisk’s genesilencing alliance with Dicerna bears first fruit appeared first on.
Under the terms of the deal, uniQure will obtain the worldwide rights to develop and market the clinical stage gene therapy, APB-102. uniQure stated that the license of APB-102 further strengthens its gene therapies pipeline developed for the treatment of neurological disorders as well as miRNA-based genesilencing programmes.
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).
Sixfold Bioscience in partnership with Medicines Discovery Catapult, has been given the green light, through the award of an Innovate UK Smart Grant to test a pioneering system designed to deliver drugs directly to cancerous cells, without impacting the healthy cells around it.
The first ever clinical data with a CRISPR/Cas9 drug used to edit the genomes of cells within the body has yielded impressive results in patients with ATTR amyloidosis, a life-threatening rare disease. . The post Intellia, Regeneron ace first trial with ‘in vivo’ CRISPR drug appeared first on.
Novartis’ near-$10 billion takeover of The Medicines Company last year was focused mainly on one asset – cholesterol-lowering drug inclisiran – and the Swiss pharma is now a step closer to getting a return on its investment. That said, Novartis is no stranger to building a slow-starting cardiovascular drug into a blockbuster franchise.
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. It was approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) last year.
In addition to gene therapy, genesilencing, which can be done using ASOs, is also an interesting approach, says Barmada. However, these treatments must target a gene, which is challenging, since many FTD patients lack mutations, says Barmada. Here, ALS and FTD also overlap.
The US biotech has just reported phase 2 trial results with the small, interfering RNA (siRNA) gene-silencingdrug 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.
Antios has raised $96 million in Series B financing to support the ongoing phase 2 development of its hepatitis B drug candidate, ATI-2173. The post Race for hepatitis B drug intensifies as Antios raises $96m for phase 2 trial appeared first on. Feature image courtesy of the US Centers for Disease Control.
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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.
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.
The FDA has approved Alnylam’s genesilencingdrug 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.
Novartis’ near-$10 billion takeover of The Medicines Company last year was focused mainly on one asset – cholesterol-lowering drug inclisiran – and the Swiss pharma is now a step closer to getting a return on its investment. That said, Novartis is no stranger to building a slow-starting cardiovascular drug into a blockbuster franchise.
Zilebesiran (formerly ALN-AGT) is one of a new breed of gene-silencingdrugs that are intended to treat common, chronic diseases with infrequent dosing to boost compliance with treatment. The post MHRA gives Alnylam ‘innovation passport’ for hypertension drug zilebesiran appeared first on.
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.
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. The post Alnylam finds belly fat gene and drug target in UK Biobank study appeared first on.
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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.
Alnylam’s gene-silencingdrug 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.
The company’s lead drug candidate is a novel, targeted immuno-oncology gene therapy for the treatment of multiple cancers. Scopus intends to use the proceeds of the offering principally for further development of the company’s lead drug candidate, including in combination with checkpoint inhibitors.
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.
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. Unlike conventional cancer drugs Vitravki can be used in tumours with this mutation regardless of whether they are in the body.
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.
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. The move follows Novo Nordisk’s $3.3
Novartis’ 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. Professor Kausik Ray of Imperial College London said that the drug is a game-changer because of the drug’s “convenience, safety and duration of effect.”
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.
Gene-silencing Therapies. Silencing or modifying gene TTR aims to reduce the effect of both variant and wild-type TTR gene, thus reducing hepatic production by targeting its mRNA. The present hATTR market comprises only a few approved drugs , which maintain the monopoly in the market.
Earlier this year, the group also signed a licensing deal with Dyno Therapeutics for its AAV capsid-based gene delivery technology, also focused on ocular disease which remains one of Novartis’ core drug development targets despite the spin-off of the Alcon eyecare division in 2019.
In the last few years, researchers have become interested in using in vitro transcribed (IVT) mRNA as a drug delivery agent. Furthermore, these drug candidates can be used to develop precise and individualized therapies that allow patients to produce therapeutic proteins in their own bodies.
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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