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Compositions and methods for inhibiting expression of Huntingtin gene

US7320965B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · US

Inventors

Dinah Wen-Yee Sah · Boston, US
Philipp Hadwiger · Kulmbach, DE
Ingo Roehl · Memmelsdorf, DE
Birgit Bramlage · Ebikon, CH
Pamela Tan · Kulmbach, DE
Hans-Peter Vornlocher · Bayreuth, DE
David Bumcrot · Belmont, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 27, 2006
Grant date	Jan 22, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N2310/3515
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) for inhibiting the expression of the Huntingtin gene (HD gene), comprising an antisense strand having a nucleotide sequence which is less than 25 nucleotides in length and which is substantially complementary to at least a part of the HD gene. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the dsRNA together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; methods for treating diseases caused by the expression of the HD gene, or a mutant form thereof, using the pharmaceutical composition; and methods for inhibiting the expression of the huntingtin gene in a cell.

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