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Wave Life Sciences unveils INHBE siRNA for obesity, targets 5 new clinical candidates by 2025
Wave Life Sciences Ltd.
- New GalNAc-siRNA program targeting INHBE for metabolic disorders including obesity; expects clinical candidate in 4Q 2024.
- INHBE knockdown of 62% in DIO mice led to 16% lower body weight vs control at 5 weeks; visceral fat reduction in 8-week study.
- WVE-006 for AATD: dosing in healthy volunteers expected 4Q 2023; proof-of-mechanism data in AATD patients in 2024.
- Plans to select five new clinical candidates by year-end 2025, spanning RNA editing (correction and upregulation) and siRNA.
- WVE-N531 in DMD: muscle biopsy data show uptake in satellite cells after 3 doses; data from registrational Phase 2 (FORWARD-53) expected 2024.