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Antisense therapy is a form of treatment that uses antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) to target messenger RNA (mRNA). ASOs are capable of altering mRNA expression through a variety of mechanisms, including ribonuclease H mediated decay of the pre-mRNA, direct steric blockage, and exon content modulation through splicing site binding on pre-mRNA. [1]
Casimersen, sold under the brand name Amondys 45, is an antisense oligonucleotide medication used for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in people who have a confirmed mutation of the dystrophin gene that is amenable to exon 45 skipping.
Inotersen, sold under the brand name Tegsedi, is a 2'-O-(2-methoxyethyl) (2'-MOE) antisense oligonucleotide medication used for the treatment of nerve damage in adults with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis.
Eplontersen, sold under the brand name Wainua, is a medication used for the treatment of transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis. [3] It is a transthyretin-directed antisense oligonucleotide. [3] It was developed to treat hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis by Ionis Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Tegsedi, developed and marketed by Ionis Pharmaceuticals, was approved by the FDA in October 2018 for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR). [10] The chemical structure is a 20-mer oligonucleotide with PS backbone modifications and 2'-MOE ribose substitutions. [4]
Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration approved Sanofi and Isis Pharmaceuticals' Kynamro for treating homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, or HoFH, a genetic disorder that results in ...
Following the approval of eteplirsen, two other drugs of a similar kind, golodirsen and viltolarsen received provisional approval from the FDA for the treatment of people with a confirmed mutation of the dystrophin gene that is amenable to exon 53 skipping [17] [18] as well as casimersen for exon 45 skipping. [19]
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) ... FDA approval is anticipated in the next two to three years, Mehta says. Studies will have to show that these drugs can lower Lp(a) and improve cardiovascular ...