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Drug Discovery

GSK acquires Elsie Biotechnologies for oligonucleotide therapy

by Sarah Braner
June 13, 2024 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 102, Issue 18

 

GSK has acquired Elsie Biotechnologies, an oligonucleotide therapeutics company, in a deal worth up to $50 million. Oligo therapy aims to modulate gene expression by binding a small strand of DNA or RNA onto longer RNA strands, to achieve effects that are not attainable with existing drugs. The companies began a research partnership in July 2023 to develop Elsie’s oligo drug discovery platform, which GSK licensed earlier this year. GSK says it is developing oligo therapeutics to treat chronic hepatitis B and steatotic liver disease.

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