AstraZeneca and CSPC add renal disease to RNA pact run

3 July 2026

AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) and CSPC Pharmaceutical (1093: HK) have added renal disease to a growing list of areas covered by their research tie-ups, with a new collaboration to develop small nucleic acid drug candidates.

The agreement will use CSPC’s proprietary small interfering RNA (siRNA) drug discovery platform and extrahepatic targeted delivery platform to develop new candidates for renal diseases across multiple indications.

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