Marina Biotech to use its therapeutics platform to develop drugs for rare diseases

11 March 2014

US RNAi-based drug discover Marina Biotech (Nasdaq: MRNA) says that it plans to broadly apply its RNAi, antisense and microRNA therapeutics platform to develop drugs for rare diseases.

Besides advancing its current Phase I program in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), the company expects to initially focus on the area of dystrophies where it believes its broad capabilities including its conformationally restricted nucleotide (CRN) chemistry and SMARTICLES delivery technology can provide an advantage over existing nucleic acid therapeutic approaches.

Closes $6 million financing

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