About Avidity Biosciences, a Novartis Company
Our mission is to profoundly improve people’s lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics – AOCs – that will treat serious, genetic neuromuscular diseases. Our proprietary AOCs are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to target the root cause of diseases previously untreatable with RNA therapeutics. On February 27, 2026, Avidity Biosciences became an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Novartis AG. The acquisition of Avidity was originally announced on October 26, 2025.
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September 12, 2019
La Jolla, California, September 12, 2019 (PRNEWSWIRE) – Avidity Biosciences, a privately-held biotechnology company pioneering Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™), today announced that...
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August 22, 2019
La Jolla, California, August 22, 2019 (PR NEWSWIRE) – Avidity Biosciences, a biotechnology company pioneering Antibody-Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™) focused in rare muscle disorders and...
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April 22, 2019Collaboration will pursue therapeutic targets focused on immunology and other indications
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, and LA JOLLA, CA — April 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Avidity Biosciences, Inc. today announced a global licensing and research collaboration...
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January 3, 2019
LA JOLLA, CA — January 3, 2019 – Arthur A. Levin, Ph.D, executive vice president of research and development at Avidity Biosciences LLC, a biotechnology company advancing Antibody-...
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October 17, 2018Investment advances pre-clinical development of novel exon skipping therapies for treatment of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
LA JOLLA, Calif. (October 17, 2018) — Avidity Biosciences, a privately held biotech company pioneering a new class of precision medicines based upon antibody-oligonucleotide conjugates,...