Our Opinion

Miragen Therapeutics Inc. is on the Cruelty Free Investing list for exploiting animals because the company does animal testing for some of their medical products and clinical research.

Supporting Evidence:

The company stated in the following press release that they test their drugs on animals.

“A number of cell culture in vitro and animal in vivo studies have demonstrated the potential of miRNA-29 molecules in the reduction and treatment of disease-causing fibrosis.” Read the following article.

Company Description

Miragen Therapeutics, Inc., formerly Signal Genetics, Inc., is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in discovering and developing ribonucleic acid (RNA)-targeted therapeutics with a specific focus on microRNAs and their role in diseases where there is a high unmet medical need. Its clinical product candidate for the treatment of certain cancers, MRG-106, is an inhibitor of microRNA-155 (miR-155), which is found at abnormally high levels in several blood cancers. The Company’s clinical product candidate for the treatment of pathological fibrosis, MRG-201, is a replacement for miR-29, which is found at abnormally low levels in a range of pathological fibrotic conditions, including cardiac, renal, hepatic and pulmonary fibrosis, as well as systemic sclerosis. In addition to its clinical programs, it is involved in discovering and developing a pipeline of pre-clinical product candidates. Its pre-clinical product candidates include MRG-107 and MRG-110. [Source: GoogleFinance]

Company Website: http://miragentherapeutics.com