TransDerm Hopes RNAi-Based Rx for Rare Skin Disorder Will Enter Clinic by End '07

Feb 08, 2007

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TransDerm, a start-up created to develop an siRNA-based treatment for the rare skin disorder pachyonychia congenita, has recently requested a pre-investigational new drug application meeting with US regulators and is aiming to begin human testing of a lead drug candidate as early as the end of the year, RNAi News has learned.

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