DUBLIN – Proqr Therapeutics NV has spun out a startup firm, Amylon Therapeutics NV, to take forward an RNA-based drug development program focused on rare beta-amyloid-related disorders. The new company has raised an undisclosed level of seed funding from a group of institutional and private investors and has appointed Thomas de Vlaam, formerly therapeutic area lead for CNS indications at Proqr, as CEO.