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Roche Holding AG / Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.

2023 · Co-Development · $2.8B · Complete

Announcement Sentiment
88
Strongly positive
Outcome Score
72
Largely worked — most objectives met.

Roche partnered with Alnylam to co-develop and co-commercialize zilebesiran, an RNAi therapeutic for hypertension in high cardiovascular risk patients, with Roche paying 60% of development costs. The program advanced into the global Phase 3 ZENITH cardiovascular outcomes trial (~11,000 patients, 35 countries); first-patient dosing on Oct 1, 2025 triggered a $300M milestone payment from Roche — the first major milestone realized under the agreement.

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