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. 2021 Apr 27;2(4):990–1003. doi: 10.1039/d1cb00038a

Summary of FDA approved oligonucleotide drugs.

Drug name Target disease Oligo type Mechanism Year of approval
Nusinersen Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) ASO Splicing switch exon 7 inclusion 2016
Macugen Neovascular age-related Macular Dgeneration (AMD) Aptamer Steric block 2004
Fomivirsen Cytomegalovirus Rhinitis ASO Steric block 1998
Mipomersen Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) ASO RNase H-mediated mRNA degradation 2013
Eteplirsen Duchenne muscular dystrophy ASO Splicing switch exon 51 Skipping 2016
Inotersen Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis ASO RNase H-mediated mRNA degradation 2018
Patisiran Hereditary TTR-mediated amyloidosis (hATTR) siRNA Ago 2 2018
Volanesorsen Familial Chylomicronemia ASO RNase H-mediated mRNA degradation 2019
Givosiran Acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) siRNA Ago 2 2019
Golodirsen Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) ASO Splicing switch exon 53 Skipping 2019
Lumasiran Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) siRNA Reduce glycolate oxidase (GO) enzyme 2020