Avidity Advances RNA Programs and Expands into New Therapeutic Areas Utilizing its AOC™ Platform
Avidity Biosciences announced the expansion of its RNA therapeutic discovery pipeline, adding new research and development candidates in skeletal muscle and cardiology. The company is leveraging its proprietary AOC platform to target previously untreatable diseases and continues to advance three rare disease programs in Phase 1/2 clinical development for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Avidity also maintains collaborations with Eli Lilly and Company and MyoKardia to further explore its AOC platform's potential.