Patisiran, an RNAi Therapeutic, for Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis

David Adams1, Alejandra Gonzalez-Duarte1, William D O'Riordan1

  • 1From Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), National Reference Center for Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Bicêtre, INSERM Unité 1195, Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (D.A.), the Department of Neuromuscular Disorders and ALS, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille (S.A.), and the Department of Neurology, Amyloid Network, CHU Henri Mondor-APHP, Créteil (V.P.-B.) - all in France; the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition-Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City (A.G.-D.); the Department of Clinical Research, eStudySite, San Diego, CA (W.D.O.); the Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital (C.-C.Y.), and the Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (K.-P.L.), Taipei, Taiwan; Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto (M.U.), and the Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto (Y.S.) - both in Japan; the Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg (A.V.K.), and Medizinische Klinik B für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster (H.H.S.) - both in Germany; University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment, Sofia, Bulgaria (I.T.); Hospital de Santo António, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal (T.C.); the Amyloidosis Center, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center (J.L.B.), and Harvard Medical School (S.D.S.), Boston; the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Messina, Messina, Italy (G.V.); the Departments of Neurology and Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada (M.M.M.); the Department of Nephrology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona (J.M.C.), and the Balearic Islands Health Research Institute and Hospital Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca (J.B.) - all in Spain; the Department of Neurology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (T.H.B.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (B.J.K.), and the the Department of Neurology, Konkuk University Medical Center (J.O.), Seoul, South Korea; the Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey (Y.P.); the Division of Medicine, University College London, London (P.N.H.); Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore (M.P.); the Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (P.J.D.); Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA (P.J.G., S.G., J.C., A.L.S., S.V.N., M.T.S., P.P.G., A.K.V., J.A.G.); and the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden (O.B.S.).

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