ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC
For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 1, 2025.
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Period ended 2024-09-30; filed 2024-10-31.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-03-31; filed 2025-05-01.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Qfitlia (fitusiran), our sixth product, is being commercialized by our collaborator, Genzyme Corporation, a Sanofi Company, or Sanofi, and was approved by the FDA in March 2025 for routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older with hemophilia A or B, with or without factor VIII or IX inhibitors (neutralizing antibodies). Qfitlia is the first and only therapeutic designed to lower antithrombin, a protein that inhibits blood clotting, with the goal of promoting thrombin generation to rebalance hemostasis and prevent bleeds. Regulatory submissions for Qfitlia have also been completed in China and Brazil.
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We are advancing nucresiran (formerly ALN-TTRsc04), an investigational RNAi therapeutic in development for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis. In November 2024, we announced positive results from the ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of nucresiran in healthy volunteers. These results demonstrated that a single dose of nucresiran at 300 mg or higher resulted in mean reductions of serum TTR of greater than 90% from baseline achieved at Day 15 and were sustained through at least Day 180. We expect to initiate the TRITON-CM Phase 3 clinical trial of nucresiran in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy in the first half of 2025, and expect to initiate the TRITON-PN Phase 3 clinical trial of nucresiran in patients with hATTR polyneuropathy in late 2025.
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Total TTR: AMVUTTRA & ONPATTRO
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•Received U.S. FDA approval of the sNDA for AMVUTTRA for the treatment of the cardiomyopathy of wild-type or hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults to reduce cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular hospitalizations and urgent heart failure visits.
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•Received approval from ANVISA for AMVUTTRA for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
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•Marketing authorization applications based on data from the HELIOS-B Phase 3 clinical trial are currently under review by several global health agencies including the EMA and the Japanese PMDA.
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Net product revenues, classified based on the geographic region in which the product is sold and by franchise (“TTR”, which includes AMVUTTRA and ONPATTRO, and “Rare”, which includes GIVLAARI and OXLUMO) consist of the following:
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•increased revenue recognized in connection with our Regeneron Collaboration as a result of an increase in activities under our licensed programs; and
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•recognition of a $30.0 million payment in connection with the amendment to our agreement with Vir Biotechnology, Inc. in March 2025.
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•increased stock-based compensation expense;
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Provision for income taxes was as follows:
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The Company’s provision for income taxes relates to foreign and state income taxes. The provision for income taxes increased during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, which primarily relates to foreign income taxes due to income generated in Switzerland. We expect to utilize net operating losses in Switzerland to offset taxable income and current taxes resulting in a deferred income tax provision. We continue to maintain a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets in the U.S. and certain deferred tax assets in Switzerland.
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Net cash provided by investing activities increased during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to the timing of sales, maturities, and purchases of our marketable securities.
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Total TTR: ONPATTRO & AMVUTTRA
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•We submitted an sNDA to the FDA using a Priority Review Voucher, as well as a Type II Variation to the EMA, for vutrisiran for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
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We also have entered into license agreements to obtain rights to intellectual property in the field of RNAi. In addition, because delivery of RNAi therapeutics has historically been an important objective of our research activities, we have entered into various collaboration and licensing arrangements with other companies and academic institutions to gain access to delivery technologies, including various LNP delivery technologies, and we may enter into such agreements in the future to gain access to products or technologies.
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Net product revenues consist of the following, by product and region:
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•revenue recognized under our Roche Collaboration due to the recognition of $310.0 million of revenue upon the transfer of licenses to Roche during the third quarter of 2023; and
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•revenue recognized under our Regeneron Collaboration due to recognition of a cumulative catch-up adjustment of $65.0 million of revenue during the third quarter of 2023 from the $100.0 million milestone earned for achieving certain criteria during early clinical development of mivelsiran (formerly ALN-APP).
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•increased costs associated with our preclinical activities as we develop our clinical pipeline of RNAi therapeutics targeting multiple tissue types; and
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•increased employee compensation and related expenses to support our research and development pipeline and development expenses.
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During the three and nine months ended September 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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The following table summarizes research and development expenses incurred, for which we recognize net revenue, that are directly attributable to our collaboration agreements, by collaborator:
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We recorded a provision for income taxes of $2.9 million and $11.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, and a provision of $3.0 million and $6.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, 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 September 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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Net cash used in investing activities decreased during the nine months ended September 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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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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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 across a broad range of disease areas and indications. To date, our efforts to advance this revolutionary approach have yielded the approval of six first-in-class RNAi-based medicines: AMVUTTRA® (vutrisiran), ONPATTRO® (patisiran), GIVLAARI® (givosiran), OXLUMO® (lumasiran), Leqvio® (inclisiran) and Qfitlia™ (fitusiran).
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In early 2021, we launched our Alnylam P 5 x25 strategy, which focuses on our planned transition to a top-tier biotech company by the end of 2025. With Alnylam P 5 x25, we aim to deliver transformative rare, specialty and select prevalent disease medicines for patients around the world through sustainable innovation, while delivering exceptional financial performance.
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In early 2021, we launched our Alnylam P 5 x25 strategy, which focuses on our planned transition to a top-tier biotech company by the end of 2025. With Alnylam P 5 x25, we aim to deliver transformative medicines across a broad range of disease areas and indications, benefiting patients around the world through sustainable innovation and exceptional financial performance, resulting in a leading biotech profile.
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We currently have five marketed products and more than ten clinical programs, including several in late-stage development, across rare, specialty and select prevalent indications.
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We currently have six marketed products and more than 20 clinical programs, including several in late-stage development.
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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 clinical trial of vutrisiran (the generic 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. In August and September 2024, we reported detailed results from the HELIOS-B clinical trial. On October 9, 2024, we announced that we had filed a supplemental New Drug Application, or sNDA, with the United States Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, using a Priority Review Voucher, and on October 16, 2024, we announced that we had submitted a Type II Variation to the European Medicines Agency, or the EMA.
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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 March 2025, we announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, approved our supplemental New Drug Application, or sNDA, for AMVUTTRA for the treatment of the cardiomyopathy of wild-type or hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults to reduce cardiovascular mortality, cardiovascular hospitalizations and urgent heart failure visits. AMVUTTRA was also approved by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency, or ANVISA, for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy. In addition, vutrisiran (the generic name for AMVUTTRA) is also under regulatory review by the European Medicines Agency, or the EMA, the Japanese Health Authority, or PMDA, and the Colombian Health Authority for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
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ONPATTRO is approved in the U.S. 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 generic 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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ONPATTRO is approved in the U.S. 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. In February 2025, ONPATTRO received regulatory approval from 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. Leqvio has also been approved in China and Japan, and as of the end of September 2024, Leqvio had been registered in more than 100 countries and was commercially available in 78.
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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 April 2025, Leqvio had been registered in more than 100 countries.
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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 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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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 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 Phase 2 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, and we expect to report results from the KARDIA-3 Phase 2 clinical trial in the second half of 2025. In January 2025, we announced that we expect to initiate a Phase 3 cardiovascular outcomes clinical trial in the second half of 2025.
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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 October 2024, we announced positive interim results from the multiple dose portion of the Phase 1 clinical trial of mivelsiran in patients with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. In July 2024, we initiated dosing in the cAPPRicorn-1 Phase 2 clinical trial of mivelsiran in patients with CAA.
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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, or AD, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy, or CAA. In October 2024, we announced positive initial results from the multiple dose portion of the Phase 1 clinical trial of mivelsiran in patients with early-onset AD. We expect to initiate a Phase 2 clinical trial of mivelsiran in patients with AD in the second half of 2025. In July 2024, we initiated dosing in the cAPPricorn-1 Phase 2 clinical trial of mivelsiran in patients with CAA.
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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 for which an NDA has been filed with the FDA with a target action date of March 28, 2025, 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 geographic atrophy and as a monotherapy in a Phase 3 clinical trial in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
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We have additional late-stage investigational programs advancing toward potential commercialization, including 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, geographic atrophy 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. 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 through the launch of new systems and leveraging data analytics to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of our program. 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 engagements and investigations and remediation, and our enterprise risk management program; 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 September 30, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $7.20 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 continued build-out 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 may incur additional operating losses. We 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 March 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $7.35 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 continued build-out 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 may incur additional operating losses. While we are targeting financial self-sustainability by the end of 2025, we will continue to require significant resources over the next several years as we expand our efforts to discover, develop and commercialize RNAi therapeutics. 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 September 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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We currently have programs focused on a number of therapeutic areas and, as of March 31, 2025, we generate worldwide product revenues from four commercialized products, AMVUTTRA, ONPATTRO, 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 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, equity investments, funded research and development, milestone payments and royalties on product sales by our collaborators.
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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 includes six approved products and multiple late and early-stage investigational RNAi therapeutics across a broad range of disease areas and indications. We describe our commercial and clinical-stage pipeline in more detail below. The clinical-stage therapeutics described below are in various stages of clinical development and the scientific information included about these therapeutics is preliminary and investigative. These clinical-stage therapeutics have not 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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During the third 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 first quarter of 2025 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 third quarter of 2024 of $50.3 million and $258.6 million, respectively.
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•We achieved global net product revenues for AMVUTTRA and ONPATTRO for the first quarter of 2025 of $310.0 million and $49.5 million, respectively.
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•We achieved global net product revenues for GIVLAARI and OXLUMO for the third quarter of 2024 of $71.0 million and $40.2 million, respectively.
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•We achieved global net product revenues for GIVLAARI and OXLUMO for the first quarter of 2025 of $67.0 million and $42.1 million, respectively.
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There is a risk that any drug discovery or development program may not produce revenue for a variety of reasons, including the possibility that we will not be able to adequately demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the product candidate or obtain approval or the desired labeling for the product candidate from regulatory authorities. Moreover, there are uncertainties specific to any new field of drug discovery, including RNAi. The success of ONPATTRO, AMVUTTRA, GIVLAARI, OXLUMO or any other product candidate we develop is highly uncertain. Due to the numerous risks associated with developing drugs, we cannot reasonably estimate or know the nature, timing and estimated costs of the efforts necessary to complete the development of any potential product candidate or indication, or the period, if any, in which material net cash inflows will commence from any approved product or indication. Any failure to complete any stage of the development of any potential products or any approved product for an expanded indication in a timely manner or successfully launch, market and sell any of our commercially approved products, could have a material adverse effect on our operations, financial position and liquidity. A discussion of some of the risks and uncertainties associated with completing our research and development programs within the planned timeline, or at all, and the potential consequences of failing to do so, are set forth in Part II, Item 1A below under the heading “Risk Factors.”
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There is a risk that any drug discovery or development program may not produce revenue for a variety of reasons, including the possibility that we will not be able to adequately demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the product candidate or obtain approval or the desired labeling for the product candidate from regulatory authorities. The success of AMVUTTRA, ONPATTRO, GIVLAARI, OXLUMO or any other product candidate we develop is highly uncertain. Due to the numerous risks associated with developing drugs, we cannot reasonably estimate or know the nature, timing and estimated costs of the efforts necessary to complete the development of any potential product candidate or indication, or the period, if any, in which material net cash inflows will commence from any approved product or indication. Any failure to complete any stage of the development of any potential products in a timely manner or successfully launch, market and sell any of our commercially approved products, could have a material adverse effect on our operations, financial position and liquidity. A discussion of some of the risks and uncertainties associated with completing our research and development programs within the planned timeline, or at all, and the potential consequences of failing to do so, are set forth in Part II, Item 1A below under the heading “Risk Factors.”
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Our business strategy is to develop and commercialize a broad pipeline of RNAi therapeutic products directed towards transformative rare, specialty and select prevalent diseases. As part of this strategy, we have entered into, and may in the future enter into additional, collaboration and licensing agreements as a means of obtaining resources, capabilities and funding to advance our investigational RNAi therapeutic programs.
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Our business strategy is to develop and commercialize a broad pipeline of RNAi therapeutic products directed across a broad range of disease areas and indications. As part of this strategy, we have entered into, and expect to enter into additional, collaboration and licensing agreements as a means of obtaining resources, capabilities and funding to advance our investigational RNAi therapeutic programs. Our collaboration strategy is to form collaborations that create significant value for ourselves and our collaborators in the advancement of RNAi therapeutics. We expect these collaborations to provide us with financial support in the form of upfront cash payments, license fees, equity investments, research and development and sales and marketing support and/or funding, milestone payments and/or royalties or profit sharing based on sales of RNAi therapeutics.
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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 and received a $65.0 million development milestone payment from Roche. In addition, we are 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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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 and in April 2024 we achieved the development milestone associated with the dosing of the first patient in the KARDIA-3 Phase 2 clinical trial and received a $65.0 million development milestone payment from Roche. In addition, we are 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 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., and Roche is solely responsible for all costs incurred in the conduct of development activities that primarily support regulatory approval outside the U.S. 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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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.
Current wording
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 preclinical pipeline programs that are not part of the Regeneron Collaboration.
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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.
Current wording
In August 2019, in connection with the Regeneron Master Agreement, we and Regeneron entered into (i) a co-co collaboration agreement covering the development of cemdisiran, our C5 siRNA, as a monotherapy for C5 complement-mediated diseases, 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.
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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.
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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 all development and commercialization costs of mivelsiran other than Regeneron’s share of the then-current Phase 1 budget. 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.
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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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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 were granted exclusive rights to pursue the further global development and commercialization of all TTR products, including AMVUTTRA, ONPATTRO 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 Qfitlia 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 on global annual net sales of AMVUTTRA across all indications in the following tiers: 15% of global annual net sales of $0 to $150.0 million; 17.5% of global annual net sales greater than $150.0 million to $300.0 million; 20% of global annual net sales greater than $300.0 million to $500.0 million; 25% of global annual net sales greater than $500.0 million to $1.50 billion; and 30% of global annual net sales in excess of $1.50 billion. In April 2019, we and Sanofi amended and restated the AT3 License Terms to modify certain of the business terms. The material collaboration terms for Qfitlia were unchanged. Under the amended and restated AT3 License Terms, we are eligible to receive tiered royalties on global annual net sales of Qfitlia by Sanofi, its affiliates and its sublicensees. The royalty tiers and amounts that we are eligible to receive on global annual net sales of Qfitlia are the same as the royalty tiers and amounts that we owe to Sanofi on global annual net sales of AMVUTTRA.
Previous wording
Net product revenues increased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the same periods in 2023, due to growth from AMVUTTRA driven by increased patient demand, partially offset by a decrease in ONPATTRO due to patient switches to AMVUTTRA, as well as increased patients on GIVLAARI and OXLUMO therapies.
Current wording
Net product revenues increased during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, due to growth from AMVUTTRA driven by increased patient demand, partially offset by a decrease in ONPATTRO due to patient switches to AMVUTTRA, as well as an increased number patients on GIVLAARI.
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Net revenues from collaborations decreased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the same periods in 2023, primarily driven by:
Current wording
Net revenues from collaborations decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, primarily driven by:
Previous wording
•revenue recognized under our Regeneron Collaboration as we modified the collaboration in June 2024 and provided Regeneron with an exclusive license to develop, manufacture and commercialize cemdisiran as a monotherapy, and recognition of $65.0 million in revenue under our Roche Collaboration associated with dosing the first patient in the zilebesiran KARDIA-3 clinical trial during the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
Current wording
•recognition of $65.0 million of milestone revenue under our Roche Collaboration associated with the dosing of the first patient in the zilebesiran KARDIA-3 clinical trial during the three months ended March 31, 2024.
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Royalty revenue increased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, due to increased volume and rate of royalties earned from global net sales of Leqvio by our collaborator, Novartis.
Current wording
Royalty revenue increased during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, due to increased volume and rate 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.
Current wording
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 and Qfitlia. We expect net revenues from collaborations will increase in 2025, as compared to 2024, primarily driven by higher anticipated revenues under our Roche Collaboration and License Agreement. We expect our royalty revenue will increase in 2025, as compared to 2024, due to the continued growth of royalties earned from global net sales of Leqvio by our collaborator, Novartis, and Qfitlia by our collaborator, Sanofi.
Previous wording
Cost of goods sold as a percentage of net product revenues decreased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the same periods in 2023, primarily due to higher costs in 2023 associated with cancelled manufacturing commitments and the impairment of ONPATTRO inventory that had been manufactured for future demand associated with the use of patisiran for the treatment of patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy for which we did not receive regulatory approval in the U.S. These decreases were partially offset by higher volume and royalty rates payable on net sales of AMVUTTRA.
Current wording
Cost of goods sold as a percentage of net product revenues was consistent during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.
Previous wording
Excluding the one-time events in 2023 associated with cancelled manufacturing commitments and the impairment of ONPATTRO, we expect our cost of goods sold as a percent of net product revenues will increase in 2024, as compared to 2023, driven by the increased volume and rate of royalties payable of net sales on AMVUTTRA
Current wording
We expect our cost of goods sold, including cost of goods sold as a percentage of net product revenues, will increase during 2025, as compared to 2024, primarily as a result of an expected increase in net product revenues and increased royalties payable on net sales of AMVUTTRA.
Previous wording
Cost of collaborations and royalties decreased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the same periods 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.
Current wording
Cost of collaborations and royalties decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, 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.
Previous wording
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.
Current wording
We expect cost of collaborations and royalties will continue to decrease during 2025, as compared to 2024, as a result of our collaborators continuing to transition to produce GalNAc independently.
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For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the increase in research and development expenses, as compared to the same periods in 2023, was primarily due to the following:
Current wording
Research and development expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2025 increased 2% as compared to the same period in 2024, which was primarily due to the following:
Previous wording
•increased clinical trial expenses primarily associated with zilebesiran in the KARDIA-3 trial and mivelsiran in the cAPPRicorn-1 clinical trial due to increased Phase 2 activities;
Current wording
•increased clinical trial expenses primarily associated with zilebesiran in the KARDIA-3 clinical trial and mivelsiran in the cAPPRicorn-1 clinical trial due to increased Phase 2 activities, as well as startup activities and other clinical trial expenses associated with zilebesiran in the KARDIA-6 cardiovascular outcomes trial and nucresiran in the TRITON-CM Phase 3 clinical trial in patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
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•decreased expenses within other clinical programs, specifically the APOLLO-B Phase 3 clinical trial of patisiran due to the wind down of clinical activities during the open label extension period.
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•decreased expenses within other clinical programs, specifically the HELIOS-B Phase 3 clinical trial of vutrisiran due to the wind-down of clinical activities.
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For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the increase in selling, general and administrative expenses, as compared to the same periods in 2023, was primarily due to increased marketing investment associated with promotion of our TTR therapies and increased employee compensation expenses.
Current wording
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, the increase in selling, general and administrative expenses, as compared to the same period in 2024, was primarily due to increased marketing investment associated with the 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 build out our global commercial and compliance infrastructure, launch our current commercial products into new markets, prepare for future commercial product launches, including the launch of AMVUTTRA for cardiomyopathy, 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.
Current wording
We expect that research and development expenses combined with selling, general and administrative expenses will continue to increase during 2025, as compared to 2024, as we continue to build out our global commercial and compliance infrastructure, launch our current commercial products into new markets, prepare for future commercial product launches, including the launch of AMVUTTRA for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy, advance our product candidates, including collaborated programs, into later-stage development, advance and develop our platform and preclinical 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 based on our determination regarding the probability of vesting for performance-based awards.
Previous wording
Total other expense decreased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the same periods in 2023, primarily due to increased interest income driven by higher market interest rates on our marketable debt securities, decreased realized and unrealized losses on our marketable equity securities holdings, partially offset by increased expense associated with the change in fair value of the development derivative liability as a result of valuation updates primarily driven by the positive topline results for the HELIOS-B clinical trial announced in June 2024.
Current wording
Total other expense increased during the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to increased loss associated with the change in fair value of the development derivative liability as a result of valuation updates primarily driven by the regulatory approval of AMVUTTRA for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
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Net cash provided by operating activities decreased during the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to decreased cash received from our collaborators, partially offset by stronger cash receipts from increased product sales.
Current wording
Net cash used in operating activities increased during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to higher annual incentive bonus payouts, as well as interest payments associated with the liability related to the sale of future royalties, partially offset by stronger cash receipts from increased product sales.
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Net cash provided by financing activities increased during the nine months ended September 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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Net cash provided by financing activities increased during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to increased net proceeds from the issuance of common stock in connection with stock option exercises.
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•We announced positive initial results from the multiple dose portion of the Phase 1 study of mivelsiran in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.