Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Announces First DsiRNA Therapeutic Candidate Selected for Development, Triggering $5 Million Milestone Payment

WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Dicerna), a second generation RNA interference (RNAi) company developing novel therapeutics utilizing its proprietary Dicer Substrate Technologyâ„¢ and Dicer Substrate siRNA (DsiRNA) molecules, announced today that Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (TSE: 4151) (KHK) has elected to advance its first collaborative therapeutic oncology candidate from the research stage into formal development studies, triggering a $5 million milestone payment for Dicerna. In addition, KHK has exercised an option to bring a second oncology target into the collaboration.

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