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Avidity Set To File First Of Three Muscular Dystrophy Drugs In 2025

 
• By Andrew McConaghie

The company is moving quickly to bring its antibody oligonucleotide conjugates to patients in three separate muscular dystrophy diseases, causing unease for its rivals.

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Avidity Biosciences could be about to transform treatment of three muscular dystrophy diseases with first-in-class RNA-based therapies, the most advanced being on track for filing by the end of 2025.

The San Diego, CA-based firm is developing a new hybrid drug class called antibody oligonucleotide conjugates (AOCs), which use monoclonal...

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