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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.
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.
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.
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
percent received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat dry eye disease. Attendees will understand best practices for novel drug delivery design and development. Attendees will understand best practices for novel drug delivery design and development. What Is Dry Eye Disease?
RNA therapeutics are a novel class of biopharmaceuticals that harness the power of RNA molecules for the treatment and prevention of a wide range of disorders, including oncological, and genetic disorders as well as infectious diseases. Non-coding RNAs include antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) and RNA aptamers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 present hATTR treatment market constitutes compounds that stabilize the TTR tetramers, a TTR-directed small interfering RNA, and a TTR-directed antisense oligonucleotide, along with supportive therapies. Gene-silencing Therapies. hATTR market : In The Pipeline. hATTR market : In The Pipeline.
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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