The share price of US RNAi therapeutics specialist Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ALNY) reflected the level of excitement at the first ever positive Phase III results for an RNAi therapeutic.
Its value had soared by 45% inside three hours of trading on Wednesday to $108.44 as investors reacted to news that the APOLLO Phase III study of the investigational RNAi therapeutic patisiran had met the primary and all secondary endpoints in hereditary ATTR amyloidosis patients with polyneuropathy.
"This is an incredibly exciting milestone for Alnylam and RNAi"
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