Quark Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company that develops RNA interference-based treatments for chronic and acute diseases. The company uses state of the art RNA interference technology to develop siRNAs, which inhibit targeted genes from producing proteins associated with certain diseases. The REDD14NP, one of Quark's lead candidate products for the treatment of AMD or age-related macular degeneration, is reported by the U.S. National Inst...
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Quark Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company that develops RNA interference-based treatments for chronic and acute diseases. The company uses state of the art RNA interference technology to develop siRNAs, which inhibit targeted genes from producing proteins associated with certain diseases. The REDD14NP, one of Quark's lead candidate products for the treatment of AMD or age-related macular degeneration, is reported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health as being in stage of clinical trials phase I. This study, which is listed as still recruiting patients, is a dose escalation where patients receive a single intravitreal injection of the drug. The main goal is to determine the safety and pharmacokinetics of REDD14NP.
Other drug candidates in their pipeline include treatments for acute renal failure and hearing loss .
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