Table 3 Approved ASO-based therapies for genetic diseases

From: Between hope and reality: treatment of genetic diseases through nucleic acid-based drugs

Trade name (drug name)

Strategy

Approval year

Disease

Vector - modification

Targeted sequence

Company

Vitravene™ (Fomivirsen)

ASO

1998†2002

Cytomegalovirus retinitis

RNA - Phosphorothioate

CMV IE2

Ionis Pharmaceuticals

Kynamro™ (Mipomersen)

ASO

2013†2018

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

RNA - Phosphorothoiate/2′O-methoxyethyl

ApoB-100

Sanofi and Ionis Pharmaceuticals

Exondys51™ (Eteplirsen)

ASO

2016

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

RNA - Phosphorodiamidate morpholino

Exon 51 of DMD

Sarepta Therapeutics

Spinraza™ (Nusinersen)

ASO

2016

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

RNA - Phosphorothioate/2′O-methoxyethylated

Exon 7 of SMN2

Biogen

Tegsedi™ (Inotersen)

ASO

2018

Hereditary Transthyretin-related Amyloidosis

RNA - Phosphorothioate/2′O-methoxyethylated

Transthyretin (TTR)

Ionis Pharmaceuticals

Vyondys53™ (Golodirsen)

ASO

2019

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

RNA - Phosphorodiamidate morpholino

Exon 53 of DMD

Sarepta Therapeutics

Waylivra™ (Volanesorsen)

ASO

2019

Adult Familial Chylomicronemia syndrome

RNA - Phosphorothioate/2′O-methoxyethyl

ApoC3

Ionis Pharmaceuticals

Viltepso™ (viltolarsen)

SSO

2020

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

RNA - Phosphorodiamidate morpholino

Exon 53 of DMD

Nippon Shinyaku

Amondys45™ (casimersen/ SRP-4045)

ASO

2021

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

RNA -Phosphorodiamidate morpholino

Exon 45 of DMD

Sarepta Therapeutics

Milasen™

ASO

2019

Batten Disease

RNA -Phosphorothioate/2′-O-methoxyethyl

i6.SA cryptic splice-acceptor site in MFSD8 gene

Boston Children Hospital

Wainua™ (eplontersen)

ASO

2023

Transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis

GalNAC-conjugated antisense oligonucleotide

Transthyretin (TTR)

Ionis Pharmaceuticals + AstraZeneca

Qalsody™ (tofersen)

ASO

2023

SOD1 mutations associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

RNA - Phosphorothioate/2′O-methoxyethylated

Superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1)

Ionis Pharmaceuticals + Biogen

  1. aWithdrawal of approval.