Mar 03, 2008 Press Release for Alnylam

Alnylam to Webcast R&D Day on Thursday, March 6, 2008

Mar 03, 2008

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2008--Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced that it will webcast its R&D Day being held Thursday, March 6, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET at the Sofitel New York Hotel in New York City. Alnylam senior management and collaborators will review the company's research and development programs.

A live webcast of R&D Day will be available on the "Investors" section of the company's website at www.alnylam.com. A replay of the presentation will be posted on the Alnylam website approximately three hours following the event, and will be archived for 30 days.

About Alnylam

Alnylam is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on RNA interference, or RNAi. The company is applying its therapeutic expertise in RNAi to address significant medical needs, many of which cannot effectively be addressed with small molecules or antibodies, the current major classes of drugs. Alnylam is leading the translation of RNAi as a new class of innovative medicines with peer-reviewed research efforts published in the world's top scientific journals including Nature, Nature Medicine, and Cell. The company is leveraging these capabilities to build a broad pipeline of RNAi therapeutics; its most advanced program is in Phase II human clinical trials for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. In addition, the company is developing RNAi therapeutics for the treatment of a wide range of disease areas, including hypercholesterolemia, liver cancers, and Huntington's disease. The company's leadership position in fundamental patents, technology, and know-how relating to RNAi has enabled it to form major alliances with leading companies including Medtronic, Novartis, Biogen Idec, and Roche. To reflect its outlook for key scientific, clinical, and business initiatives, Alnylam has established "RNAi 2010" which includes the company's plan to significantly expand the scope of delivery solutions for RNAi therapeutics, have four or more programs in clinical development, and to form four or more new major business collaborations, all by the end of 2010. Alnylam is a joint owner of Regulus Therapeutics LLC, a joint venture focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of microRNA therapeutics. Founded in 2002, Alnylam maintains headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.alnylam.com.

CONTACT: (Investors)
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Cynthia Clayton, 617-551-8207
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SOURCE: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals