Cambridge, MA-based Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ALNY]]) said today it has earned a $20 million milestone payment from Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals for handing over certain RNA interference documents, materials and know-how. The payment is part of the partnership between the two companies, first formed in May 2008, which could be worth more than $1 billion over time. Alnylam is eligible to receive more milestones and royalties if Takeda translates the technology into RNAi products.
Author: Luke Timmerman
Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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