Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) interference-based biopharmaceutical company. The Company operates in the segment of discovery, research and development of treatments based on its RNA interference (RNAi) technology platform. It is focused on development of RNAi-based therapeutics using its GalXC RNAi platform for the treatment of diseases involving the liver, including rare diseases, viral infectious diseases, chronic liver diseases and cardiovascular diseases. Its development programs include dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)-PHXC for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria (PH), which is in a Phase I clinical trial; DCR-HBVS for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is in a Phase I clinical trial, and a product candidate against a rare liver disease. It also developed a wholly owned clinical candidate, DCR-BCAT, targeting the β-catenin oncogene. DCR-BCAT is delivered by its lipid nanoparticle (LNP) tumor delivery system, EnCore.
