Alnylam Company profile
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes novel therapeutics based on RNA interference (RNAi). Its pipeline of investigational RNAi therapeutics focuses on genetic medicines, cardio-metabolic diseases, and hepatic infectious diseases. The company's clinical development programs include Patisiran, which is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis; Givosiran that is in Phase III trial to treat acute hepatic porphyrias; Fitusiran, an investigational RNAi therapeutic that is in Phase II open-label extension and Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of hemophilia and rare bleeding disorders; and Inclisiran, which is in III clinical trial for hypercholesterolemia. Its clinical programs also include ALN-TTRsc02, an investigational RNAi therapeutic targeting TTR, which is in the Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of various forms of ATTR amyloidosis; Lumasiran (ALN-GO1) that is in Phase I/II clinical trial for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1; and Cemdisiran (ALN-CC5), which is in the Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of complement-mediated diseases. The company has strategic alliances primarily with Sanofi Genzyme; The Medicines Company; Monsanto Company; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc; and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.