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Patisiran , sold under the brand name Onpattro , is a medication used for the treatment of polyneuropathy in people with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis ,[ 7] a fatal rare disease that is estimated to affect 50,000 people worldwide.[ 8] [ 9]
It is the first small interfering RNA -based drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the first drug approved by the FDA to treat this condition.[ 8] It is a gene silencing drug that interferes with the production of an abnormal form of transthyretin .[ 10] Patisiran utilizes a novel approach to target and reduce production of the TTR protein in the liver via the RNAi pathway.[ 11]
Patisiran was developed and is marketed by Alnylam .[ 12] The FDA considers it to be a first-in-class medication .[ 13]
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^ a b Loftus P (10 August 2018). "New Kind of Drug, Silencing Genes, Gets FDA Approval" . The Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018 .
^ Elafros MA, Kvalsund MP, Callaghan BC (June 2022). "The Global Burden of Polyneuropathy-In Need of an Accurate Assessment" . JAMA Neurology . 79 (6): 537– 538. doi :10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.0565 . PMC 9197927 . PMID 35404377 . S2CID 248083689 .
^ Kristen AV, Ajroud-Driss S, Conceição I, Gorevic P, Kyriakides T, Obici L (February 2019). "Patisiran, an RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis" . Neurodegenerative Disease Management . 9 (1): 5– 23. doi :10.2217/nmt-2018-0033 . PMID 30480471 .
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^ Reidy C (22 October 2012). "Alnylam, Genzyme Form Alliance" . The Boston Globe . Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021 .
^ New Drug Therapy Approvals 2018 (PDF) . U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (Report). January 2019. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020 .