Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates in the Pharmaceutical preparations sector. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics based on ribonucleic acid interface (RNAi). The RNAi therapeutic program, ALN-RSV01, is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), infection. In February 2008, the Company reported the positive results from the Phase II experimental RSV infection clinical trial, referred to as the GEMINI study. In July 2009 the Company and Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Cubist) reported results from a Phase IIa clinical trial assessing the safety and tolerability of aerosolized ALN-RSV01 versus placebo in adult lung transplant patients naturally infected with RSV. In March 2009, the Company initiated the Phase I study for ALN-VSP, the second clinical program and the first systemically delivered RNAi therapeutic candidate. In
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