OLIGOMED Oligonucleotides for Medical Applications

Summary

The use of synthetic oligonucleotides (ONs, short DNA or RNA strands) in the treatment of genetic diseases is a rapidly growing field, and the most promising alternative to gene therapy or small molecules. Most pharmaceutical companies shift from in-house platform development to product-specific licensing and co-development to get ON based therapies past clinical trials. Therefore there is a growing and currently unmet need for a combined academic and industry-based multidisciplinary research to further advance the field by bringing together the separated and fragmented R&D efforts of diverse ON technologies.

OLIGOMED will address these needs by:
- uniting world-class academic and private sector expertise in ON chemistry, bio-analysis and medical applications
- developing a next generation ON platform technology based on combining tailored synthetic ONs with smart delivery
- optimising ON therapies through testing in medicinal environments

We will use these novel ON technologies to develop innovative treatment options for high-impact genetic diseases, i.e. Huntington’s disease, cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

Our European intersectoral and multidisciplinary research and training network for 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) will deliver:
-highly skilled scientific staff required to fully exploit ON therapeutics for personalised medicine
-top-class training in organic and chemoenzymatic synthesis, ON analysis, and biomedical/medicinal testing
-transferable skills courses, specific industry relevant workshops and public engagement activities

This combination makes OLIGOMED a truly exciting programme for ESRs. The platform will immediately benefit to both European citizens and commercial partners. In the long term, OLIGOMED`s flexible platform technology will be taken forward by our private sector and research institutions for exploitation and will thus strengthen the European innovation capacity in the field of ON therapies.

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Web resources:	https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/956070
Start date:	01-01-2021
End date:	30-06-2025
Total budget - Public funding:	4 130 663,40 Euro - 4 130 663,00 Euro