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September 14, 2005
Alnylam to align with West Coast firm on hep C treatment
Boston Business Journal
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. and a California company have signed a joint licensing deal for a gene that could help treat hepatitis C.
The Cambridge, Mass. company (Nasdaq: ALNY) and Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Carlsbad (Nasdaq: ISIS) announced on Tuesday that they inked a combined licensing agreement with Stanford University.
They’ll gain co-exclusive access to Stanford research regarding a MicroRNA gene found to be needed to replicate the hepatitis C virus in mammalian cells.
Researchers hope the discovery could lead to treatments for hepatitis C, a viral infection of the liver that can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer. Researchers estimate 170 million people globally have hepatitis c infections. Vaccines don’t exist yet to prevent the disease.
Alnylam announced on Sept. 7 that it had signed a multi-year alliance with Novartis AG that could be worth more than $700 million if the deal produces commercial products.
Alnylam and Novartis (NYSE: NVS) will work on developing RNAi therapies. RNAi is a natural process within cells that selectively silences genes, and Alnylam believes RNAi can treat disease by silencing genes that cause disease.
In the short term, Novartis will pay Alnylam $56.8 million, through cash and a purchase of 4.2 shares of Alnylam common stock.
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