Silence Therapeutics plc

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Silence Therapeutics PLC is a GB-based company operating in Biotechnology industry. Silence Therapeutics plc is a global clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in transforming people’s lives by silencing diseases through precision-engineered medicines created with proprietary siRNA (short interfering RNA) technology. The firm leverages its mRNAi GOLD platform to create siRNAs designed to precisely target and silence disease-associated genes in the liver. The firm focuses on areas of high unmet medical need with programs advancing cardiovascular disease, hematology and rare diseases. Divesiran (SLN124) is its wholly owned siRNA product candidate designed to inhibit TMPRSS6 expression in the liver. Zerlasiran is a siRNA molecule designed for the treatment of cardiovascular disease associated with elevated Lp(a), a lipoprotein in the blood. In addition to its wholly owned clinical pipeline, it has a third siRNA product candidate from its mRNAi GOLD platform in Phase I development in an undisclosed indication through its collaboration with AstraZeneca.