Gung ho: Al­ny­lam lands his­toric FDA OK on patisir­an, revving up the first glob­al roll­out for an RNAi break­through

“A lot of peo­ple think it’s win­ter out there for RNAi. But I think it’s spring­time.” — Al­ny­lam CEO John Maraganore, NYT, Feb­ru­ary 7, 2011.

Mar­ket­ing sea­son has of­fi­cial­ly ar­rived for RNAi, just two decades in the mak­ing.

On Fri­day, the FDA ap­proved Al­ny­lam’s patisir­an, of­fer­ing a his­toric green light for a drug that is break­ing the waves in ther­a­peu­tic in­no­va­tion.

Over the past 16 years since Al­ny­lam $AL­NY was found­ed, John Maraganore has seen every­thing when it comes to RNAi. He ben­e­fit­ed from the ear­ly promise and rush of Big Phar­mas look­ing to get a foot in the door, lured in by tech that promised to switch genes on and off. 

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