MedCity News June 12, 2024
Frank Vinluan

Avidity Biosciences’ RNA therapy for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy has preliminary clinical data showing it knocked down expression of a gene that causes this rare disease. More details will be presented at a medical conference this week.

An experimental RNA therapy from Avidity Biosciences has early clinical trial results showing it reduced by half the expression of a gene at the root of a rare, inherited form of muscular dystrophy with no FDA-approved therapies. Furthermore, patients in the study are showing signs of regaining muscle function.

Based on these initial results announced Wednesday, Avidity said it plans to accelerate the start of additional cohorts in the Phase 1/2 study that could support an application seeking regulatory approval in this disease, facioscapulohumeral...

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