AVII Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (MM)

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AVI BioPharma Inc. (AVII) is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery and development of ribonucleic acid (RNA)-based drugs targeting a range of diseases. The Company has developed and optimized derivatives of its antisense chemistry (phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMOs)) that can be designed to target disease mechanisms through mechanisms of action.   

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In the report, the analyst notes:

"Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 were $5.1 million, compared to $5.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2008. Revenues for the full year ended December 31, 2009, were $17.6 million, compared to $21.3 million in the full year ended December 31, 2008, reflecting decreases in research contract revenues of $3.7 million.

"AVII recently announced that CureDuchenne and the Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne (FED) each awarded grants of $250,000 to AVII to support continued research and development of the Company's exon skipping drug candidates for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a genetic muscle wasting disease caused by failure to produce dystrophin. CureDuchenne and FED are U.S. not-for-profit foundations fully dedicated to supporting the research and development of a cure for DMD."

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