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Anyone have a view on the Sirna presentation at the UBS conference? The slides and charts showing stability and in vitro response looked impressive, but I am not skilled enough to know whether that data is meaningful or has relevance to expected in vivo efficacy.
Also found it interesting to listen to the Alnylam presentation (albeit without the slides). The Alnylam presentation placed strong emphasis on their IP portfolio, walking through the key patent groups in detail. Also (predictably), they emphasized the Merck partnership. What a huge coup for Alnylam. Talked a lot about the huge troves of validated targets that big pharma has on the shelves. The discussion of delivery challenges was interesting, including potential use of "entrodigal" [sic] devices and coated stents. For their in vivo trials in DBOB mice (Diabetes/Obesity), they used a "hydrodynamic" [sic] injection method, which they said is not ready for human use, but was good for the trial. The stabilized siRNA's lasted 3 days and reduced the [serum count-don't remember exactly what they were measuring, sorry] by 50% from 400ml to 200ml compared to the controls.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Thomas |
