Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation's LNP Technology Enables Alnylam Pharmaceuticals's Positive ALN-TTR02 Clinical Data

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Nasdaq:TKMR) (TSX:TKM), a leading developer of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today reported that Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. presented clinical results from its Phase 1 clinical trial with ALN-TTR02, an RNAi therapeutic targeting transthyretin (TTR) for the treatment of TTR-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR), which utilizes Tekmira's lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology and is manufactured by Tekmira.