Tagged with Alnylam

France Alnylam is reshaping therapeutic possibilities through RNA interference, and France has become one of the strategic environments where this shift is most visible. In this interview, Jean-Baptiste Caquelin reflects on the scientific foundations of RNAi, the strengths and pressures of the French rare-disease ecosystem, and the conditions needed to ensure…

Switzerland In an uncertain world, Europe – with Switzerland at its heart – is reclaiming its role as an epicentre for testing, scaling, and integrating new medical technologies.   While much of the global narrative around the European life sciences market centres on doom and gloom (access delays for innovative medicines,…

Switzerland Kasha Witkos, Senior Vice President and Head of International Business at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, shares her journey from academic researcher to global biotech leader, driven by personal family experience of chronic disease.  Witkos highlights Alnylam’s pioneering role in delivering RNA interference (RNAi) technology to patients around the world, the company’s global…

Global During the FT Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference earlier this week, four Big Pharma and biotech executives spoke about the changing power structure of the industry and the factors driving the evolution of the pharma innovation model. The session was moderated by Deloitte global life sciences and health care leader…

Rankings Below we present a list of the top 5 public biopharma companies that focus on developing RNA-based therapies. RNA interference (RNAi) is a natural mechanism which is present in living cells that selectively “turns off” specific gene’s expressions, thereby affecting the production of a specific protein that contributes to disease.…

Portugal Alnylam, pioneers in the RNA interference field, seek to bring their revolutionary medicine across Europe, and in particular Portugal before 2020. In this interview the new General Manager for Spain and Portugal, Alicia Folgueira Lopez, a rare diseases authority, discusses how to build an affiliate from scratch, the synergies across…