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Blackstone invests in Alnylam’s RNAi therapies

by Ryan Cross
April 18, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 15

 

The investment firm Blackstone Life Sciences will provide the RNA interference (RNAi) company Alnylam Pharmaceuticals with up to $2 billion. Half will be in exchange for up to 50% of the royalties Alnylam will receive if its cholesterol-lowering RNAi therapy, inclisiran, is approved. Alnylam licensed inclisiran to The Medicines Company in 2013, and Novartis bought that firm for $9.7 billion in January. Blackstone will also purchase $100 million worth of Alnylam’s stock, provide up to $150 million to develop two additional cardiometabolic RNAi programs, and provide a loan of up to$750 million.

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