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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DRNA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Brown Bob D</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O DICERNA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>33 HAYDEN AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEXINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02421</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>See Remarks</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2023-09-24</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The Reporting Person sold an aggregate of 8,185 shares of common stock on July 1, 2020 (the &quot;Shares Sold&quot;) as reported in this Form 4. The Shares Sold represent 0.83% of 981,327 shares of common stock, which is the number of shares of common stock owned by the Reporting Person prior to the Shares Sold transaction reported in this Form 4, as well as shares issuable upon exercise or settlement of vested and unvested options and restricted stock units held by the Reporting Person as of the date of this report.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on November 27, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $25.70 to $26.68, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., any security holder of Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote (3) to this Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted-average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $26.73 to $26.97, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., any security holder of Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote (4) to this Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The vesting of these options was subject to achievement of pre-established performance goals. As of the transaction date, the options were fully vested.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Chief Scientific Officer, EVP of R&amp;D</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Douglas W. Pagan, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-07-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
