Short interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) with improved pharmacological properties
AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorsFrancois Jean-Charles Natt, Eric Billy, Juerg Hunziker, Christian Rene Schnell
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Abstract
Short interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) for oral administration, said siRNA comprising two separate RNA strands that are complementary to each other over at least 15 nucleotides, wherein each strand is 49 nucleotides or less, and wherein at least one of which strands contains at least one chemical modification.
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A short interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA), said siRNA comprising two RNA strands that are complementary to each other over at least 15 nucleotides, wherein each strand is 49 nucleotides or less, and wherein the 3′-terminus of at least one strand comprises a modification at the 3′ carbon, wherein the modification is:
A short interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA), said siRNA comprising two RNA strands that are complementary to each other over at least 15 nucleotides, wherein each strand is 49 nucleotides or less, and wherein the 3′-terminus of each strand comprises a modification at the 3′ carbon, wherein the modification is:
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