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    Eli Lilly and ProQR reach $1.3 billion collaboration on RNA editing therapy

    • Last Update: 2021-09-20
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    Article source: Medical Rubik's Cube Info

    Author: Shi Bei

    On September 8, ProQR Therapeutics announced that it has reached a global licensing and research collaboration with Eli Lilly to discover, develop and commercialize potential new drugs for the treatment of genetic diseases of the liver and nervous system


    The two companies will cooperate to develop up to 5 target drugs


    ProQR's proprietary next-generation RNA editing Axiomer® platform technology can edit individual nucleotides in RNA in a highly targeted and specific manner


    ProQR Therapeutics official website

    The main area of ​​ProQR's layout is hereditary retinal diseases, such as Leber congenital amaurosis, Usher syndrome and retinitis pigmentosa.


    Sepofarsen (QR-110) is used to treat congenital amaurosis, which currently has no approved treatment


    QR-421a is a potential first-in-class RNA therapy for USH2A exon 13 mutations.


    The cooperation with Eli Lilly will expand ProQR's product layout from ophthalmology to liver and nervous system diseases, and improve the company's financial status


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