Silence Therapeutics plc AstraZeneca has nominated the first product candidate under its siRNA (short interfering RNA) collaboration and will pay Silence a $10 million option fee to advance development on an undisclosed program, according to SLN Silence” or “the Company.
Silence Therapeutics is creating a new generation of medications by using the body’s natural RNA interference, or RNAi, process to limit the expression of certain target genes considered to play a role in the pathophysiology of diseases with large unmet need.
quiet’s mRNAi GOLDTM platform can be utilized to generate siRNAs (short interfering RNAs) that precisely target and quiet disease-associated genes in the liver, representing a significant opportunity.
Silence’s fully owned product candidates include SLN360, which is being developed to treat a high and prevalent unmet medical need in decreasing cardiovascular risk in those born with high levels of lipoprotein(a), and SLN124, which is being developed to address hematological illnesses.
Silence also has continuing R&D collaborations with companies such as AstraZeneca, Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, and Hansoh Pharma.
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