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Hybridize: kidney-targeted RNA therapeutics

With backing from biotech vets Maraganore, van de Stolpe, Dutch newco is building a platform of kidney-targeted RNA therapies

July 14, 2022 10:03 PM UTC

After out-licensing its first kidney program, Leiden University Medical Center spinout Hybridize is now building a platform to improve the uptake and activity of RNA-based therapies in specific kidney cells, with the goal of reducing inflammation and fibrosis.

“There’s a white space in the area of RNA therapeutics for the kidney,” CEO Eline van Beest told BioCentury...