Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Provides Operational Update and Reports Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results

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Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRNA), a leader in the development of RNAi-based therapeutics targeting genetically defined oncology and inherited rare diseases, today announced operational and financial results for the quarter ending June 30, 2014.

“During Q2, Dicerna took the exciting step of launching a Phase 1 clinical trial with DCR-MYC for patients with solid tumors and hematological malignancies,” stated Douglas M. Fambrough, Ph.D., Dicerna’s President and CEO. “This study marks the first clinical trial of a Dicer Substrate RNA interference (DsiRNA) drug candidate and highlights the potential for RNAi to modulate drug targets that have been previously considered undruggable.

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