ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Aug 1, 2024.
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Period ended 2024-03-31; filed 2024-05-02.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2024-06-30; filed 2024-08-01.
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The following discussion contains management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations and should be read together with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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•Our collaboration partner, Sanofi, submitted regulatory filings for the investigational agent for hemophilia, fitusiran, in China, Brazil, and the U.S., with an FDA target action date of March 28, 2025.
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In August 2019, in connection with the Regeneron Master Agreement, we and Regeneron entered into (i) a co-co collaboration agreement covering the continued development of cemdisiran, our C5 siRNA, currently in development for C5 complement-mediated diseases, as a monotherapy, or the C5 Co-Co Collaboration Agreement, and (ii) a license agreement to evaluate anti-C5 antibody-siRNA combinations for C5 complement-mediated diseases including evaluating the combination of Regeneron’s pozelimab and cemdisiran, or the C5 License Agreement. In November 2022, Regeneron exercised its right under the C5 Co-Co Collaboration Agreement to opt-out of the further development and commercialization of cemdisiran as a monotherapy, at which time we became solely responsible for development and commercialization of cemdisiran as a monotherapy, and Regeneron no longer shared in the costs on any monotherapy program. Regeneron remained eligible to receive tiered, double-digit royalties on net sales of cemdisiran as a monotherapy.
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In June 2024, we entered into an amended and restated C5 License Agreement, or the Amended C5 License Agreement, which terminated the C5 Co-Co Collaboration Agreement and granted Regeneron a worldwide license to cemdisiran as a monotherapy in addition to the license to cemdisiran in combination with anti-C5 antibodies. Through the Amended C5 License Agreement, Regeneron is now solely responsible for development, manufacturing, and commercialization of cemdisiran as a monotherapy and in combination with anti-C5 antibodies. Regeneron provided us with an upfront payment of $10.0 million and we will receive certain milestone payments upon receipt of regulatory approval for cemdisiran as a monotherapy, and tiered, double-digit royalties on net sales. The Amended C5 License Agreement did not change our rights to receive low double-digit royalties and commercial milestones of up to $325.0 million on any potential product sales if cemdisiran is used as part of a combination product.
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In May 2024, Regeneron notified us of its decision to opt-out of the further co-development of mivelsiran, an investigational RNAi therapeutic in development for the treatment of hereditary CAA and autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s Disease under our co-co collaboration agreement with respect to mivelsiran. As a result of Regeneron’s opt-out, we now have full global development and commercialization rights to mivelsiran in all indications, and we are responsible for development and commercialization costs of mivelsiran beyond our ongoing Phase 1 program. Regeneron will no longer share potential future profits from sales of mivelsiran with us, although we remain subject to certain financial obligations to Regeneron under the mivelsiran co-co collaboration agreement. We continue to advance multiple other programs with Regeneron.
Current report
Net revenues from collaborations increased during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily driven by revenue recognized under our Regeneron Collaboration. We modified our collaboration with Regeneron in June 2024 and provided Regeneron with an exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize cemdisiran as a monotherapy. The transaction price of $191.5 million allocated to this license was recognized immediately as this obligation was satisfied at a point in time upon transfer of the license to Regeneron. Control of the license was transferred in June 2024 and Regeneron could begin to use and benefit from the license.
Current report
Cost of goods sold as a percentage of net product revenues decreased during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to higher costs in 2023 associated with cancelled manufacturing commitments for ONPATTRO and other adjustments to inventory, for which similar expenses did not occur in 2024.
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•increased stock-based compensation expense primarily due to the accounting for certain performance-based awards.
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Offset by:
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•decreased expenses within other clinical programs, specifically APOLLO-B Phase 3 clinical trial of patisiran due to the wind down of clinical activities during the open label extension period; and
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•decreased expenses associated with the timing of manufacturing activities to support pre-clinical and clinical programs.
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Provision for Income Taxes
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For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, we recorded a provision for income taxes of $5.7 million and $8.1 million, respectively, which primarily represents tax expense for foreign subsidiaries that are profitable and state taxes.
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We have evaluated the positive and negative evidence bearing upon the realizability of our deferred tax assets. As of June 30, 2024, we continue to maintain a full valuation allowance against our U.S., Bermuda and Switzerland deferred tax assets. We will release the valuation allowance when there is sufficient positive evidence to support a conclusion that it is more likely than not the deferred tax assets will be realized. It is possible that within the next 12 months sufficient positive evidence may become available to allow us to reach a conclusion that a portion of the valuation allowance attributable to Switzerland will no longer be needed. Release of all, or a portion, of the valuation allowance would result in the recognition of certain deferred tax assets and may result in a material decrease to income tax expense for the period the release is recorded.
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•We continued to advance zilebesiran, an investigational RNAi therapeutic in development to treat hypertension in patients at high cardiovascular risk:
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We and Regeneron plan to advance programs directed to up to 30 targets under the Regeneron Collaboration during the Initial Research Term. In July 2020, Regeneron exercised its co-development/co-commercialization option on mivelsiran, an investigational RNAi therapeutic in development for the treatment of hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy and autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s Disease, which we are leading. We are also advancing multiple other programs with Regeneron.
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Net revenues from collaborations increased during the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, due to revenue recognized under our Collaboration and License Agreement with Roche, including $65.0 million of milestone revenue associated with dosing the first patient in the zilebesiran KARDIA-3 clinical trial, and increased revenue recognized in connection with our Regeneron Collaboration as a result of an increase in activities under our research services arrangement and licensed programs.
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Cost of goods sold as a percentage of net product revenues was consistent during the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to increased royalties related to higher AMVUTTRA sales volume, partially offset by one-time favorability attributed to reduced ONPATTRO manufacturing cancellation fees.
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We are a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on ribonucleic acid interference, or RNAi. RNAi is a naturally occurring biological pathway within cells for sequence-specific silencing and regulation of gene expression. By harnessing the RNAi pathway, we have developed a new class of innovative medicines, known as RNAi therapeutics. RNAi therapeutics are comprised of small interfering RNA, or siRNA, that function upstream of conventional medicines by potently silencing messenger RNA, or mRNA, that encode for proteins implicated in the cause or pathway of disease, thus preventing them from being made. We believe this is a revolutionary approach with the potential to transform the care of patients with rare and prevalent diseases. To date, our efforts to advance this revolutionary approach have yielded the approval of five first-in-class RNAi-based medicines, ONPATTRO® (patisiran), AMVUTTRA® (vutrisiran), GIVLAARI® (givosiran), OXLUMO® (lumasiran) and Leqvio® (inclisiran).
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We are a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on ribonucleic acid interference, or RNAi. RNAi is a naturally occurring biological pathway within cells for sequence-specific silencing and regulation of gene expression. By harnessing the RNAi pathway, we have developed a new class of innovative medicines, known as RNAi therapeutics. RNAi therapeutics are comprised of small interfering RNA, or siRNA, that function upstream of conventional medicines by potently silencing messenger RNA, or mRNA, that encode for proteins implicated in the cause or pathway of disease, thus preventing them from being made. We believe this is a revolutionary approach with the potential to transform the care of patients with rare and prevalent diseases. To date, our efforts to advance this revolutionary approach have yielded the approval of five first-in-class RNAi-based medicines, AMVUTTRA® (vutrisiran), ONPATTRO® (patisiran), GIVLAARI® (givosiran), OXLUMO® (lumasiran) and Leqvio® (inclisiran).
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Our research and development strategy is to target genetically validated genes that have been implicated in the cause or pathway of human disease. We utilize a N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) conjugate approach or lipid nanoparticle (LNP) to enable hepatic delivery of siRNAs. For delivery to the central nervous system, or CNS, and the eye (ocular delivery), we are utilizing an alternative conjugate approach based on a hexadecyl (C16) moiety as a lipophilic ligand. We are also advancing approaches for heart, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue delivery of siRNAs. Our focus is on clinical indications where there is a high unmet need, a genetically validated target, early biomarkers for the assessment of clinical activity in Phase 1 clinical studies, and a definable path for drug development, regulatory approval, patient access and commercialization.
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Our research and development strategy is to target genetically validated genes that have been implicated in the cause or pathway of human disease. We utilize a N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) conjugate approach or lipid nanoparticle (LNP) to enable hepatic delivery of siRNAs. For delivery to the central nervous system, or CNS, and the eye (ocular delivery), we are utilizing an alternative conjugate approach based on a hexadecyl (C16) moiety as a lipophilic ligand. We are also advancing approaches for heart, skeletal muscle and adipose tissue delivery of siRNAs. Our focus is on clinical indications where there is a high unmet need, a genetically validated target, early biomarkers for the assessment of clinical activity in Phase 1 clinical trials, and a definable path for drug development, regulatory approval, patient access and commercialization.
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AMVUTTRA is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of hATTR amyloidosis with polyneuropathy in adults, in the EU and the United Kingdom, or UK, for the treatment of hATTR amyloidosis in adult patients with stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy, in Japan for the treatment of TTR type familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy, and in multiple additional countries. Regulatory filings continue in other territories with submissions currently under review or planned for 2024 and beyond. We are currently conducting the HELIOS-B Phase 3 clinical trial of vutrisiran (the non-branded drug name for AMVUTTRA), which is investigating the potential of vutrisiran to treat the cardiac manifestations of disease in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy. Topline results from the HELIOS-B study are expected in late June or early July 2024.
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AMVUTTRA is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis, or hATTR amyloidosis, with polyneuropathy in adults, in the European Union, or EU, and the United Kingdom, or UK, for the treatment of hATTR amyloidosis in adult patients with stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy, in Japan for the treatment of transthyretin, or TTR, type familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy, and in multiple additional countries. Regulatory reviews continue in other territories. In June 2024, we reported positive topline results from the HELIOS-B trial of vutrisiran (the non-branded name of AMVUTTRA) in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy and announced that we plan to proceed with global regulatory filings later this year seeking approval of AMVUTTRA as a potential treatment for ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy, including filing a supplemental New Drug Application, or sNDA, with the United States Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, using a Priority Review Voucher.
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ONPATTRO is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis, or hATTR amyloidosis, in adults and has also been approved in the European Union, or EU, for the treatment of hATTR amyloidosis in adult patients with stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy, in Japan for the treatment of transthyretin, or TTR, type familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy, and in multiple additional countries, including Brazil. In August 2022, we reported positive results from the APOLLO-B Phase 3 study of patisiran (the non-branded name of ONPATTRO) in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy, and in December 2022, we submitted a supplemental New Drug Application, or sNDA, to the FDA for patisiran as a potential treatment for the ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy. On September 13, 2023, the FDA’s Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee, or CRDAC, voted 9:3 that patisiran’s benefits outweigh its risks for the treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis, or ATTR amyloidosis, with cardiomyopathy. Nevertheless, on October 6, 2023, the FDA issued a complete response letter, or CRL, indicating that evidence of clinical meaningfulness of patisiran was not established for ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy, and therefore the sNDA for patisiran could not be approved in its present form. The CRL did not identify any issues with respect to clinical safety, study conduct, drug quality or manufacturing. Patisiran remains under regulatory review with the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) for ONPATTRO for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
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ONPATTRO is approved by the FDA for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hATTR amyloidosis in adults and has also been approved in the EU for the treatment of hATTR amyloidosis in adult patients with stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy, in Japan for the treatment of TTR-type familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy, and in multiple additional countries. Patisiran (the non-branded name of ONPATTRO) is under regulatory review with the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
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Leqvio (inclisiran), our fifth product, is being developed and commercialized by our collaborator Novartis AG, or Novartis, and has received marketing authorization from the European Commission, or EC, for the treatment of adults with hypercholesterolemia or mixed dyslipidemia and from the FDA as an adjunct to diet and maximally tolerated statin therapy for the treatment of adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, or HeFH, or clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, or ASCVD, who require additional lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or LDL-C. In July 2023, the FDA approved an expanded indication for Leqvio to include treatment of adults with high LDL-C and who are at increased risk of heart disease. In the third quarter of 2023, Leqvio was approved in China and Japan, and as of the end of March 2024, Leqvio had been approved in more than 90 countries.
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Leqvio (inclisiran), our fifth product, is being developed and commercialized by our collaborator Novartis AG, or Novartis, and has received marketing authorization from the European Commission, or EC, for the treatment of adults with hypercholesterolemia or mixed dyslipidemia and from the FDA as an adjunct to diet and maximally tolerated statin therapy for the treatment of adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, or HeFH, or clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, or ASCVD, who require additional lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or LDL-C. In July 2023, the FDA approved an expanded indication for Leqvio to include treatment of adults with high LDL-C and who are at increased risk of heart disease. Leqvio has also been approved in China and Japan, and as of the end of June 2024, Leqvio had been approved in more than 90 countries.
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As part of our Alnylam P 5 x25 strategy, we have multiple drivers of future growth, including the development of transformative medicines to treat prevalent disease. In addition to Leqvio, we are advancing zilebesiran, an investigational, subcutaneously administered RNAi therapeutic targeting angiotensinogen, or AGT, in development for the treatment of hypertension. In 2023, we entered into a Collaboration and License Agreement, or the Roche Collaboration and License Agreement, with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Genentech, Inc. or, collectively, Roche, pursuant to which we established a worldwide, strategic collaboration for the joint development and commercialization of zilebesiran. In March 2024, we reported positive topline results from our KARDIA-2 clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of zilebesiran administered biannually as a concomitant therapy in patients whose blood pressure is not adequately controlled by a standard of care antihypertensive medication. In April 2024, we dosed the first patient in our KARDIA-3 clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of zilebesiran used as an add-on therapy in adult patients with high cardiovascular risk and uncontrolled hypertension despite treatment with two to four standard of care antihypertensive medications.
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In addition to our marketed products, as part of our Alnylam P 5 x25 strategy, we have multiple drivers of future growth, including the development of transformative medicines to treat prevalent disease. In addition to Leqvio, we are advancing zilebesiran, an investigational, subcutaneously administered RNAi therapeutic targeting angiotensinogen, or AGT, in development for the treatment of hypertension. In 2023, we entered into a Collaboration and License Agreement, or the Roche Collaboration and License Agreement, with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. and Genentech, Inc. or, collectively, Roche, pursuant to which we established a worldwide, strategic collaboration for the joint development and commercialization of zilebesiran. In March 2024, we reported positive topline results from our KARDIA-2 clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of zilebesiran administered biannually as a concomitant therapy in patients whose blood pressure is not adequately controlled by a standard of care antihypertensive medication. In April 2024, we dosed the first patient in our KARDIA-3 clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of zilebesiran as an add-on therapy in adult patients with high cardiovascular risk and uncontrolled hypertension despite treatment with two to four standard of care antihypertensive medications.
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We are also advancing mivelsiran (formerly ALN-APP), an investigational RNAi therapeutic targeting amyloid precursor protein in development for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. In 2023, we reported positive interim results from the ongoing single ascending dose part of the Phase 1 study of mivelsiran in patients with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. These results establish the first human translation of our proprietary C16-siRNA conjugate platform for CNS delivery and are the first clinical demonstration of gene silencing in the human brain using an RNAi therapeutic.
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We are also advancing mivelsiran (formerly ALN-APP), an investigational RNAi therapeutic targeting amyloid precursor protein in development for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy, or CAA. In 2023, we reported positive interim results from the ongoing single ascending dose part of the Phase 1 clinical trial of mivelsiran in patients with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. These results establish the first human translation of our proprietary C16-siRNA conjugate platform for CNS delivery and are the first clinical demonstration of gene silencing in the human brain using an RNAi therapeutic. In July 2024, we initiated dosing in the cAPPRicorn-1 Phase 2 clinical trial of mivelsiran in patients with CAA.
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In addition to our marketed products, we have multiple late-stage investigational programs advancing toward potential commercialization. These programs include our wholly owned programs: vutrisiran (the non-branded drug name for AMVUTTRA) for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis (wild-type or hereditary) with cardiomyopathy; as well as fitusiran for the treatment of hemophilia, which is being advanced by our collaborator Genzyme Corporation, a Sanofi Company, or Sanofi; and cemdisiran for the treatment of complement-mediated diseases, where our collaborator Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Regeneron, is advancing cemdisiran in combination with pozelimab in Phase 3 studies in myasthenia gravis and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
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We have additional late-stage investigational programs advancing toward potential commercialization, including fitusiran for the treatment of hemophilia, which is being advanced by our collaborator Genzyme Corporation, a Sanofi Company, or Sanofi, and cemdisiran for the treatment of complement-mediated diseases, which our collaborator, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., or Regeneron, is advancing in combination with pozelimab in Phase 3 clinical trials in myasthenia gravis and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
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In further support of our Alnylam P 5 x25 strategy and in view of our evolving risk profile, we remain focused on the continued evolution of our global infrastructure, including key objectives such as optimizing our global structure for execution in key markets, enhancing performance consistent with our values, and continuing to strengthen our culture. We continue to build our global compliance program to drive its evolution and enhancement in view of the Alnylam P 5 x25 strategy. Building from our global Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, our compliance program is designed to empower our employees and those with whom we work to execute on our strategy consistent with our values and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and to mitigate risk. Comprised of components such as risk assessment and monitoring; policies, procedures, and guidance; training and communications; dedicated resources; and systems and processes supporting activities such as third party relationships and investigations and remediation; our program and related controls are built to enhance our business processes, structures, and controls across our global operations, and to empower ethical decision making.
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In further support of our Alnylam P 5 x25 strategy and in view of our evolving risk profile, we remain focused on the continued evolution of our global infrastructure, including key objectives such as optimizing our global structure for execution in key markets, enhancing performance consistent with our values, and continuing to strengthen our culture. We continue to build our global compliance program to drive its evolution and enhancement. Building from our global Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, our compliance program is designed to empower our employees and those with whom we work to execute on our strategy consistent with our values and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and to mitigate risk. Comprised of components such as risk assessment and monitoring; policies, procedures, and guidance; training and communications; dedicated resources; and systems and processes supporting activities such as third party relationships and investigations and remediation; our program and related controls are built to enhance our business processes, structures, and controls across our global operations, and to empower ethical decision making.
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We have incurred significant losses since we commenced operations in 2002 and as of March 31, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $7.08 billion. Historically, we have generated losses principally from costs associated with research and development activities, acquiring, filing and expanding intellectual property rights, and selling, general and administrative costs. As a result of planned expenditures for research and development activities relating to our research platform, our drug development programs, including clinical trial and manufacturing costs, the establishment of late-stage clinical and commercial capabilities, including global commercial operations, continued management and growth of our patent portfolio, collaborations and general corporate activities, we expect to incur additional operating losses. While we believe 2019 was our peak operating loss year, we expect to continue to incur annual operating losses, and will require substantial resources over the next several years as we expand our efforts to discover, develop and commercialize RNAi therapeutics, and aim to achieve financial self-sustainability by the end of 2025. We anticipate that our operating results will continue to fluctuate for the foreseeable future, therefore, period-to-period comparisons should not be relied upon as predictive of the results in future periods.
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We have incurred significant losses since we commenced operations in 2002 and as of June 30, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $7.09 billion. Historically, we have generated losses principally from costs associated with research and development activities, acquiring, filing and expanding intellectual property rights, and selling, general and administrative costs. As a result of planned expenditures for research and development activities relating to our research platform, our drug development programs, including clinical trial and manufacturing costs, the establishment of late-stage clinical and commercial capabilities, including global commercial operations, continued management and growth of our patent portfolio, collaborations and general corporate activities, we expect to incur additional operating losses. We may continue to incur annual operating losses, and will require substantial resources over the next several years as we expand our efforts to discover, develop and commercialize RNAi therapeutics, and aim to achieve financial self-sustainability by the end of 2025. We anticipate that our operating results will continue to fluctuate for the foreseeable future, therefore, period-to-period comparisons should not be relied upon as predictive of the results in future periods.
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We currently have programs focused on a number of therapeutic areas and, as of March 31, 2024, we generate worldwide product revenues from four commercialized products, ONPATTRO, AMVUTTRA, GIVLAARI and OXLUMO, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. However, our ongoing development efforts may not be successful and we may not be able to commence sales of any other products and/or successfully market and sell our existing commercialized products or any other approved products in the future. A substantial portion of our total revenues in recent years has been derived from collaboration revenues from collaborations with Roche, Regeneron and Novartis. In addition to revenues from the commercial sales of our approved products and potentially from sales of future products, we expect our sources of potential funding for the next several years to continue to be derived in part from existing and new strategic collaborations. Such collaborations include, or may include in the future, license and other fees, funded research and development, milestone payments and royalties on product sales by our licensors, including royalties on sales of Leqvio made by our collaborator Novartis, as well as proceeds from the sale of equity or debt.
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We currently have programs focused on a number of therapeutic areas and, as of June 30, 2024, we generate worldwide product revenues from four commercialized products, ONPATTRO, AMVUTTRA, GIVLAARI and OXLUMO, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. However, our ongoing development and regulatory efforts may not be successful and we may not be able to commence sales of any other products and/or successfully expand the label of or market and sell our existing commercialized products or any other approved products in the future. A meaningful portion of our total revenues in recent years has been derived from collaboration revenues from collaborations with Roche, Regeneron and Novartis. In addition to revenues from the commercial sales of our approved products and potentially from sales of future products, we expect our sources of potential funding for the next several years to continue to be derived in part from existing and new strategic collaborations. Such collaborations include, or may include in the future, license and other fees, funded research and development, milestone payments and royalties on product sales by our licensors, including royalties on sales of Leqvio made by our collaborator Novartis, as well as proceeds from the sale of equity or debt.
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Since our inception, we have focused on drug discovery and development programs. Research and development expenses represent a substantial percentage of our total operating expenses, as reflected by our broad pipeline of clinical development programs, which includes multiple programs in late-stage development.
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Since our inception, we have focused primarily on drug discovery and development programs. Research and development expenses represent a substantial percentage of our total operating expenses, as reflected by our broad pipeline of clinical development programs, which includes multiple programs in late-stage development.
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Our broad pipeline, including five approved products and multiple late and early-stage investigational RNAi therapeutics, addresses unmet needs in several disease areas, and spans indications in rare, specialty and select prevalent diseases. We describe our commercial and clinical-stage pipeline in more detail below. The investigational therapeutics described below are in various stages of clinical development and the scientific information included about these therapeutics is preliminary and investigative. None of these investigational therapeutics have been approved by the FDA, EMA, or any other health authority and no conclusions can or should be drawn regarding the safety or efficacy of these investigational therapeutics.
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Our broad pipeline, including five approved products and multiple late and early-stage investigational RNAi therapeutics, addresses unmet needs in several disease areas, and spans indications in rare, specialty and select prevalent diseases. We describe our commercial and clinical-stage pipeline in more detail below. The investigational therapeutics described below are in various stages of clinical development and the scientific information included about these therapeutics is preliminary and investigative. None of these investigational therapeutics have been approved by the FDA, European Medicines Agency, or EMA, or any other health authority and no conclusions can or should be drawn regarding the safety or efficacy of these investigational therapeutics.
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During the first quarter of 2024 and recent period, we reported the following updates from our commercially approved products and our late-stage clinical programs:
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During the second quarter of 2024 and recent period, we reported the following updates from our commercially approved products and our late-stage clinical programs:
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•We achieved global net product revenues for ONPATTRO and AMVUTTRA for the first quarter of 2024 of $69.2 million and $195.2 million, respectively.
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•We achieved global net product revenues for ONPATTRO and AMVUTTRA for the second quarter of 2024 of $77.2 million and $230.1 million, respectively.
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•We achieved global net product revenues for GIVLAARI and OXLUMO for the first quarter of 2024 of $58.1 million and $42.6 million, respectively.
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•We achieved global net product revenues for GIVLAARI and OXLUMO for the second quarter of 2024 of $62.1 million and $40.6 million, respectively.
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•Announced updates to the statistical analysis plan for the HELIOS-B Phase 3 study of vutrisiran in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy, including adjustments to the primary and secondary endpoints and analysis period. Topline results remain on track to be reported in late June or early July.
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•We reported positive topline results from the HELIOS-B Phase 3 study of vutrisiran in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
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◦Reported positive results from the KARDIA-2 Phase 2 dose-ranging study of zilebesiran added to standard-of-care antihypertensives in patients with inadequately controlled hypertension.
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•We reported positive results from the KARDIA-2 Phase 2 study of investigational zilebesiran added to standard-of-care antihypertensives in patients with inadequately controlled hypertension.
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Roche. In July 2023, we entered into the Roche Collaboration and License Agreement, pursuant to which we and Roche established a worldwide, strategic collaboration for the joint development of pharmaceutical products containing zilebesiran. Under the Roche Collaboration and License Agreement, we granted to Roche (i) co-exclusive rights to develop and commercialize zilebesiran in the U.S. and (ii) exclusive rights to develop and commercialize zilebesiran outside of the U.S. Roche made an upfront payment of $310.0 million. In April 2024, we achieved the development milestone associated with the first patient dosed in the KARDIA-3 Phase 2 trial, entitling us to receive a $65.0 million development milestone payment from Roche. In addition, we will be eligible to receive up to an additional $2.45 billion in contingent payments based on the achievement of specified development, regulatory and sales-based milestones. We will be responsible for forty percent (40%) and Roche will be responsible for the remaining sixty percent (60%) of development costs incurred in the conduct of development activities that support regulatory approval of zilebesiran globally. We and Roche will share equally (50/50) all costs incurred in connection with development activities that are conducted primarily to support regulatory approval of zilebesiran in the U.S., and Roche will be solely responsible for costs incurred in connection with commercialization of zilebesiran outside of the U.S. and will pay us tiered, low double digit royalties based on net sales of zilebesiran on a country- by-country basis outside of the U.S. during the royalty term. We and Roche will share equally (50/50) profits and losses (including commercialization costs) of zilebesiran in the U.S.
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Roche. In July 2023, we entered into the Roche Collaboration and License Agreement, pursuant to which we and Roche established a worldwide, strategic collaboration for the joint development of pharmaceutical products containing zilebesiran. Under the Roche Collaboration and License Agreement, we granted to Roche (i) co-exclusive rights to develop zilebesiran worldwide and commercialize zilebesiran in the U.S., (ii) exclusive rights to commercialize zilebesiran outside of the U.S., and (iii) non-exclusive rights to manufacture zilebesiran for the development and commercialization of zilebesiran outside of the U.S. Roche made an upfront payment of $310.0 million. In April 2024, we achieved the development milestone associated with the dosing of the first patient in the KARDIA-3 Phase 2 clinical trial, entitling us to receive a $65.0 million development milestone payment from Roche. In addition, we will be eligible to receive up to an additional $2.45 billion in contingent payments based on the achievement of specified development, regulatory and sales-based milestones. We are responsible for forty percent (40%) and Roche is responsible for the remaining sixty percent (60%) of development costs incurred in the conduct of development activities that support regulatory approval of zilebesiran globally. We and Roche share equally (50/50) all costs incurred in connection with development activities that are conducted to support regulatory approval of zilebesiran in the U.S. Upon regulatory approval, Roche will be solely responsible for costs incurred in connection with commercialization of zilebesiran outside of the U.S. and will pay us tiered, low double digit royalties based on net sales of zilebesiran on a country-by-country basis outside of the U.S. during the royalty term. We and Roche will share equally (50/50) profits and losses (including commercialization costs) of zilebesiran in the U.S.
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Regeneron. In April 2019, we entered into a global, strategic collaboration with Regeneron to discover, develop and commercialize RNAi therapeutics for a broad range of diseases by addressing therapeutic targets expressed in the eye and CNS, in addition to a select number of targets expressed in the liver, which we refer to as the Regeneron Collaboration. The Regeneron Collaboration is governed by a Master Agreement, referred to as the Regeneron Master Agreement, which became effective in May 2019. In August 2019, we and Regeneron entered into (i) a co-co collaboration agreement covering the continued development of cemdisiran, our C5 siRNA currently Phase 3 ready for IgAN as a monotherapy and (ii) a license agreement covering evaluation of anti-C5 antibody-siRNA combinations for C5 complement-mediated diseases including evaluating the combination of Regeneron’s pozelimab and cemdisiran.
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Regeneron. In April 2019, we entered into a global, strategic collaboration with Regeneron to discover, develop and commercialize RNAi therapeutics for a broad range of diseases by addressing therapeutic targets expressed in the eye and CNS, in addition to a select number of targets expressed in the liver, which we refer to as the Regeneron Collaboration. The Regeneron Collaboration is governed by a Master Agreement, referred to as the Regeneron Master Agreement, which became effective in May 2019.
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Under the terms of the Regeneron Collaboration, we are working exclusively with Regeneron to discover RNAi therapeutics for eye and CNS diseases for an initial five-year research period, subject to extension for up to an additional five years, or the Initial Research Term. The Regeneron Collaboration also covers a select number of RNAi therapeutic programs designed to target genes expressed in the liver, including our previously-announced collaboration with Regeneron to identify RNAi therapeutics for the chronic liver disease NASH. We retain broad global rights to all of our liver-directed clinical and pre-clinical pipeline programs that have not been collaborated.
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Under the terms of the Regeneron Collaboration, we are working exclusively with Regeneron to discover RNAi therapeutics for eye and CNS diseases for an initial research period of up to seven years, which we refer to as the Initial Research Term. Regeneron has an option to extend the Initial Research Term for up to an additional five years by paying a research term extension fee of $300.0 million. The Regeneron Collaboration also covers a select number of RNAi therapeutic programs designed to target genes expressed in the liver. We retain broad global rights to all of our liver-directed clinical and pre-clinical pipeline programs that have not been collaborated.
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Sanofi. We formed a broad strategic alliance with Sanofi in 2014. In January 2018, we and Sanofi amended our 2014 collaboration and entered into the Exclusive License Agreement, referred to as the Exclusive TTR License, under which we have the exclusive right to pursue the further global development and commercialization of all TTR products, including ONPATTRO, AMVUTTRA and any back-up products, and the ALN-AT3 Global License Terms, referred to as the AT3 License Terms, under which Sanofi has the exclusive right to pursue the further global development and commercialization of fitusiran and any back-up products. In April 2019, we and Sanofi agreed to further amend the 2014 Sanofi collaboration to conclude the research and option phase and to amend and restate the AT3 License Terms to modify certain of the business terms. The material collaboration terms for fitusiran were unchanged. Under the amended and restated AT3 License Terms, we are eligible to receive tiered royalties of 15% to 30% based on global annual net sales of fitusiran by Sanofi, its affiliates and its sublicensees.
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Sanofi. We formed a broad strategic alliance with Sanofi in 2014. In January 2018, we and Sanofi amended our 2014 collaboration and entered into the Exclusive License Agreement, referred to as the Exclusive TTR License, under which we have the exclusive right to pursue the further global development and commercialization of all TTR products, including ONPATTRO, AMVUTTRA and any back-up products, and the ALN-AT3 Global License Terms, referred to as the AT3 License Terms, under which Sanofi has the exclusive right to pursue the further global development and commercialization of fitusiran and any back-up products. Under the Exclusive TTR License, Sanofi is eligible to receive (i) royalties up to 25% increasing over time, based on annual net sales of ONPATTRO in territories excluding the U.S., Canada and Western Europe, provided royalties on annual net sales of ONPATTRO in Japan were set at 25% beginning at the effective date of the Exclusive TTR License and (ii) tiered royalties of 15% to 30% based on global annual net sales of AMVUTTRA. In April 2019, we and Sanofi agreed to further amend the 2014 Sanofi collaboration to conclude the research and option phase and to amend and restate the AT3 License Terms to modify certain of the business terms. The material collaboration terms for fitusiran were unchanged. Under the amended and restated AT3 License Terms, we are eligible to receive tiered royalties of 15% to 30% based on global annual net sales of fitusiran by Sanofi, its affiliates and its sublicensees.
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Net product revenues increased during the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to the same periods in 2023, due to strong growth from AMVUTTRA driven by increased patient demand, as well as increased patients on GIVLAARI and OXLUMO therapies.
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Net product revenues increased during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the same periods in 2023, due to strong growth from AMVUTTRA driven by increased patient demand, as well as increased patients on GIVLAARI and OXLUMO therapies.
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Royalty revenue increased during the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, due to increased royalties earned from global net sales of Leqvio by our collaborator, Novartis.
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Royalty revenue increased during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, due to increased royalties earned from global net sales of Leqvio by our collaborator, Novartis, primarily attributed to their ongoing launch efforts.
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Recognition of our combined net revenues from collaborations and royalty revenue is dependent on a variety of factors including the level of work reimbursed by collaborators, achievement of milestones under our collaboration agreements, and royalties associated with sales of Leqvio. We expect net revenues from collaborations and royalty revenue to decrease in 2024, as compared to 2023, primarily driven by a reduction in the revenues recognized under our Collaboration and License Agreement with Roche. We expect our royalty revenues will increase in 2024, as compared to 2023, due to the continued growth of royalties earned from global net sales of Leqvio by our collaborator, Novartis.
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Recognition of our combined net revenues from collaborations and royalty revenue is dependent on a variety of factors including the level of work reimbursed by collaborators, achievement of milestones under our collaboration agreements, and royalties associated with sales of Leqvio. As a result, there may be variability in the net revenues recognized from collaborations and royalty revenue in 2024, as compared with 2023.
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We expect our cost of goods sold will increase during 2024, as compared to 2023, primarily as a result of an expected increase in net product sales as well as increased royalties.
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We expect our cost of goods sold will increase during 2024, as compared to 2023, primarily as a result of an expected increase in net product sales as well as increased royalties, predominately driven by an increase in volume and rate of royalties payable on net sales of AMVUTTRA.
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Cost of collaborations and royalties decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to decreased demand of GalNAc material supplied to our collaborators in support of certain product manufacturing as our collaborators transition to producing the material independently.
Current wording
Cost of collaborations and royalties decreased during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to decreased demand for GalNAc material supplied to our collaborators in support of certain product manufacturing as our collaborators transition to producing the material independently.
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We expect cost of collaborations and royalties will continue to decrease during 2024, as compared to 2023, as a result of our collaborators transitioning to produce GalNAc independently.
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We expect cost of collaborations and royalties will continue to decrease during 2024, as compared to 2023, as a result of our collaborators transitioning to produce GalNAc independently and reduced royalties payable from the expiration of licenses of third-party intellectual property.
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For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the increase in research and development expenses, as compared to the same period in 2023, was primarily due to the following:
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For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the increase in research and development expenses, as compared to the same period in 2023, was primarily due to the following:
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•increased costs associated with our preclinical activities, specifically our CNS programs, as we continue to expand our R&D pipeline; and
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•increased costs associated with our preclinical activities as we continue to expand our R&D pipeline;
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•increased clinical research expenses primarily associated with zilebesiran in the KARDIA-2 and KARDIA-3 clinical studies;
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•increased clinical research expenses primarily associated with zilebesiran in the KARDIA-3 clinical trial and mivelsiran in the cAPPRicorn-1 Phase 2 clinical trial due to increased startup activities, respectively;
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•increased expenses associated with our HELIOS-B study primarily driven by increased costs and fees leading up to the topline data readout in late June or early July 2024;
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•increased expenses associated with our HELIOS-B clinical trial primarily driven by increased costs and fees leading up to the topline data readout in June 2024;
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•increased compensation and related expenses as a result of increased headcount to support our R&D pipeline and development expenses.
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•increased employee compensation and related expenses to support our R&D pipeline and development expenses; and
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During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, in connection with advancing activities under our collaboration agreements, we incurred research and development expenses, primarily related to external development and clinical services, including the manufacture of clinical product.
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During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, in connection with advancing activities under our collaboration agreements, we incurred research and development expenses, primarily related to external development and clinical services, including the manufacture of clinical product.
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For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the increase in selling, general and administrative expenses, as compared to the same period in 2023, was primarily due to increased marketing investment associated with promotion of our TTR therapies and increased headcount and other investments supporting our strategic growth.
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For the three months ended June 30, 2024, the increase in selling, general and administrative expenses, as compared to the same period in 2023, was primarily due to increased marketing investment associated with promotion of our TTR therapies and increased employee compensation expenses.
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We expect that research and development expenses combined with selling, general and administrative expenses will continue to increase during 2024, as compared to 2023, as we continue to advance and develop our platform and pipeline, advance our product candidates, including collaborated programs, into later-stage development, prepare regulatory submissions and continue to build-out our global commercial and compliance infrastructure as well as launch our commercial products into additional markets, assuming regulatory approvals. However, we expect that certain expenses will be variable depending on the timing of manufacturing batches, clinical trial enrollment and results, regulatory review of our product candidates and programs, and stock-based compensation expenses due to our determination regarding the probability of vesting for performance-based awards.
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We expect that research and development expenses combined with selling, general and administrative expenses will continue to increase during 2024, as compared to 2023, as we continue to build out our global commercial and compliance infrastructure as well as launch our commercial products into new markets, assuming regulatory approvals, advance our product candidates, including collaboration programs, into later-stage development, advance and develop our platform and pre-clinical pipeline, and prepare regulatory submissions. However, we expect that certain expenses will be variable depending on the timing of manufacturing batches, clinical trial enrollment and results, regulatory review of our product candidates and programs, and stock-based compensation expenses due to our determination regarding the probability of vesting for performance-based awards.
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Total other expense decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to increased interest income driven by higher market interest rates on our marketable debt securities, partially offset by increased interest expense as a result of interest accretion on larger debt balances in 2024, as compared to 2023, specifically related to the liability related to the sale of future royalties.
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Total other expense increased during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to increased expense associated with the change in fair value of the development derivative liability triggered by positive topline results for the HELIOS-B clinical trial announced in June 2024, partially offset by an increase in interest income driven by higher market interest rates on our marketable debt securities.
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Net cash used in operating activities decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to stronger cash receipts from increased product sales in addition to decreased cash disbursements related to working capital payments.
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Net cash provided by operating activities increased during the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to stronger cash receipts from increased product sales in addition to decreased cash disbursements related to working capital payments.
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Net cash used in investing activities decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to net activities related to our marketable debt securities.
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Net cash used in investing activities decreased during the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to the timing of net investments of cash into our marketable debt securities.
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Net cash provided by financing activities decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to decreased net proceeds from the issuance of common stock in connection with stock option exercises.
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Net cash provided by financing activities increased during the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to increased net proceeds from the issuance of common stock in connection with stock option exercises.
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◦Initiated the global KARDIA-3 Phase 2 study of zilebesiran in adult patients with high cardiovascular risk and uncontrolled hypertension despite treatment with two to four standard of care antihypertensive medications