Cardior strengthens patent portfolio of miRNAs for the diagnosis and therapy of heart and kidney diseases

Hanover, Germany, November 1, 2018 - Cardior Pharmaceuticals GmbH, a company focused on the development of noncoding RNA (ncRNA) therapeutics for patients with myocardial infarction and heart failure, today announced it has acquired a portfolio of four microRNA (miRNA) patents from Bayerische Patentallianz GmbH (BayPAT). miRNAs are short pieces of ncRNA native to all human cells that act as regulators of gene expression. Cardior Pharmaceuticals has developed a novel class of ncRNA-based therapeutics modulating entire disease pathways to treat diseases with a high unmet medical need.