The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to Cure Rare Disease’s CRD-002, an antisense oligonucleotide therapeutic for the treatment of spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA), including spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3).
Researchers from Osaka University have developed a novel approach to target nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT), an enzyme implicated in cancer progression, using antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs).
Nissan Chemical Corporation and Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co. Ltd. (SKK) have entered an agreement to codevelop SK-2407/SN-001 for the treatment of dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) in Japan.
