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Combination locked out in ATTR-CM? ‘Dead,’ expert says

Combination locked out in ATTR-CM? ‘Dead,’ expert says

AI Briefing

  • • Researchers debate effectiveness of knockdown drugs and stabilizers in treating ATTR-CM.
  • • Phase III trial of Wainua (eplontersen) with Astrazeneca and Ionis failed.
  • • Experts consider Wainua 'dead' due to lack of synergy in treating ATTR-CM.

Source Summary

The synergy – or lack of it – between knockdown drugs and stabilizers in treating transthyretin (TTR)-mediated amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) became one of the topics for debate in the aftermath of the phase III fizzle with gene silencer Wainua (eplontersen), advanced by Astrazeneca plc and Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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