Company Story
2002 - Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. founded by a group of scientists including Dr. Phillip Sharp, Dr. David Bartel, and Dr. Piotr Sliz.
2003 - Alnylam raises $22 million in Series A financing from leading venture capital firms.
2004 - Alnylam establishes its first research collaboration with Medtronic to develop RNAi therapeutics for cardiovascular disease.
2005 - Alnylam raises $40 million in Series B financing and expands its research collaborations with major pharmaceutical companies.
2006 - Alnylam initiates its first clinical trial with an RNAi therapeutic, ALN-RSV01, for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection.
2007 - Alnylam raises $100 million in Series C financing and expands its pipeline of RNAi therapeutic programs.
2008 - Alnylam initiates its second clinical trial with ALN-VSP, an RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of liver cancer.
2010 - Alnylam initiates its third clinical trial with ALN-TTR01, an RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR).
2012 - Alnylam initiates its fourth clinical trial with ALN-PCS, an RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of severe hypercholesterolemia.
2013 - Alnylam raises $150 million in a public offering and expands its pipeline of RNAi therapeutic programs.
2014 - Alnylam initiates its fifth clinical trial with ALN-AS1, an RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of acute hepatic porphyrias.
2017 - Alnylam receives FDA approval for ONPATTRO (patisiran), the first-ever RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of hATTR amyloidosis.
2018 - Alnylam initiates its sixth clinical trial with vutrisiran, an RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis.
2020 - Alnylam receives FDA approval for OXLUMO (lumasiran), the first-ever RNAi therapeutic for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1).