Boehringer Ingelheim Exercises Option on Second Hepatic Disease Target From Research Collaboration with Dicerna

Boehringer Ingelheim Exercises Option on Second Hepatic Disease Target From Research Collaboration with Dicerna

Boehringer Ingelheim Exercises Option on Second Hepatic Disease Target From Research Collaboration with Dicerna

Boehringer Ingelheim and Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: DRNA), a leading developer of investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced that Boehringer Ingelheim has exercised an option to receive exclusive rights to a second hepatic disease target emerging from its research collaboration and license agreement with Dicerna. The collaboration, established in October 2017, aims to discover and develop novel GalXC™ RNAi therapeutics for the treatment of chronic liver disease...