M&A
confidence high
sentiment positive
materiality 0.90
Alnylam partners with Roche on zilebesiran; receives $310M upfront, up to $2.5B milestones
ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
- Upfront cash payment of $310 million; potential total deal value up to $2.8 billion including development, regulatory, and sales milestones.
- Alnylam and Roche to co-develop and co-commercialize zilebesiran in US (50/50 profit share); Roche gets exclusive ex-US rights with low double-digit royalties.
- Alnylam leads joint clinical development plan including cardiovascular outcomes trial; development costs split 40% Alnylam, 60% Roche.
- Zilebesiran is an investigational RNAi therapeutic for hypertension, currently in Phase 2; Phase 1 showed durable blood pressure reduction up to 6 months.