Nitto Denko and Quark Pharma to collaborate on novel siRNA anti-fibrotic drug

16 July 2010

Japanese diversified materials manufacturer Nitto Denko and Quark Pharmaceuticals, a US firm specializing in the discovery and development of RNAi-based therapeutics, have initiated a collaboration and license agreement for the development of siRNA therapeutics for the treatment of fibrotic diseases.

The collaboration is designed to develop siRNA drugs using Quark's RNAi technologies and novel structures providing freedom to operate in the siRNA intellectual property space and Nitto Denko's drug delivery technologies for novel therapeutic concepts, currently owned by Nitto Denko. This refers to the concepts developed in a groundbreaking research by Yoshiro Niitsu of Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Sapporo, as published in Nature Biotechnology Vol 26 Issue 4 Page 431-42 (Apr 2008).

Initial budget to IND filing

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