Novartis, Merck, Pfizer and biotech entrepreneurs have started working on small-molecule drugs that act on an assortment of RNA targets, hoping to unlock once undruggable targets and new biology.
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Mullard, A. Small molecules against RNA targets attract big backers. Nat Rev Drug Discov 16, 813–815 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrd.2017.239
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