An injectable RNA interference therapy administered every three months for hereditary amyloidosis neuropathies.
AMVUTTRA is a transthyretin-directed small interfering RNA indicated for the treatment of: the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults ( 1.1 ) the cardiomyopathy of wild-type or hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults to reduce cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular hospitalizations and urgent heart failure visits ( 1.2 ) 1.1 Polyneuropathy of Hereditary Transthyretin-mediated Amyloidosis AMVUTTRA is indicated for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (hATTR-PN) in adults. 1.2 Cardiomyopathy of Wild-type or Hereditary Transthyretin-mediated Amyloidosis AMVUTTRA is indicated for the treatment of the cardiomyopathy of wild-type or hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR-CM) in adults to reduce cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular hospitalizations and urgent heart failure visi…
12.1 Mechanism of Action Vutrisiran is a double-stranded siRNA-GalNAc conjugate that causes degradation of mutant and wild-type TTR mRNA through RNA interference, which results in a reduction of serum TTR protein and TTR protein deposits in tissues.
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