Atalanta Therapeutics Information

Atalanta Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing treatments for intractable diseases of the central nervous system using RNA interference. Atalanta’s unique platform of divalent small interfering RNA (di-siRNA) enables durable, selective gene silencing throughout the brain and spinal cord. Atalanta is advancing a wholly owned pipeline of disease-modifying programs for Huntington’s disease, genetic epilepsy, severe chronic pain, and other neurological diseases in addition to partnered programs as part of a strategic collaboration with Genentech. We were founded by Anastasia Khvorova, Ph.D., Craig Mello, Ph.D., and Neil Aronin, M.D. of the RNA Therapeutics Institute at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Atalanta is headquartered in Boston, Mass.