In its latest tie-up with a big pharma company, UK biotech MiNA Therapeutics Ltd. has announced a global research collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company, a sign of the interest being shown in the UK biotech’s small activating RNA (saRNA) technology platform, which aims to restore the normal functioning of genes rather than silencing them.
Eli Lilly To Explore MiNA's Small Activating RNA Technology
Milestones Could Total More Than $1bn
Advances in small activating RNAs, pioneered by MiNA Therapeutics, have caught the eye of Eli Lilly, and could be the next platform to exploit gene control mechanisms to produce a new therapeutic modality.
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