Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ Onpattro (patisiran) for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis in adults. It is the first and only RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic to ever be approved.
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After a slight delay, things remain on schedule for Alnylam’s new $200 million manufacturing facility. The company expects the site to open in late 2019, which could follow regulatory approval of patisiran, its RNAi treatment for Hereditary ATTR Amyloidosis.
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European Committee recommends Alnylam’s drug be approved for adults with stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy.
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