ProQR Therapeutics has acquired worldwide licensing rights to Ionis Pharmaceuticals’ QR-1123, an RNA medicine for autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa caused by the P23H mutation in the rhodopsin gene, according to a press release.
ProQR made an upfront payment in ordinary shares in the amount of $2.5 million to Ionis and will make future milestone payments. ProQR received a worldwide license to the drug and its relevant patents.
“Unlike other molecules we are developing, QR-1123 is a gapmer with a mutant allele-specific knockdown mechanism of action,” ProQR CEO Daniel A.
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