With Dicerna's NASH Asset, Boehringer Found What It Was Looking For
Executive Summary
In eyeing NASH, the firms both zeroed in on the same target, considered inaccessible to traditional modalities. The deal gives BI an RNAi approach, joining its Phase II anti-inflammatory candidate for NASH.
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