AbbVie and ADARx Pharmaceuticals to Develop Next-Gen siRNA Therapies Across Multiple Therapeutic Areas
“siRNA is a promising genetic medicine approach for silencing disease-causing genes, but challenges still remain in targeting and delivering siRNA effectively,” said Jonathon Sedgwick, Ph.D., senior vice president and global head, discovery research, AbbVie. “We are very pleased to collaborate with ADARx, leveraging their proprietary RNA technology alongside our antibody, ADC, and therapeutic area research and development expertise to bring siRNA forward as a potential novel therapeutic modality alongside our other established approaches. Together, we’re committed to developing innovative solutions for difficult-to-treat diseases across neuroscience, immunology and oncology.”
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