CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, and Inex Pharmaceuticals Corporation (TSX:IEX) announced today that Alnylam has taken a worldwide exclusive license to Inex’s liposomal delivery formulation technology for the discovery, development, and commercialization of RNAi therapeutics, and that the companies have expanded their technology research and manufacturing alliance on lipid-based delivery technology. In addition, Inex will receive three InterfeRx™ license options, subject to Alnylam review and third-party obligations, to develop its own RNAi therapeutic products. Inex will also receive exclusive access to Alnylam’s intellectual property to develop oligonucleotide drugs that act through an immune stimulation mechanism, outside the RNAi pathway.
