The Medicines Co. Enters PCSK9 Race With Alnylam Deal
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The Medicines Company and RNAi therapeutics company Alnylam have teamed up to develop a new drug targeting PCSK9 for the treatment of high cholesterol, but they are far behind the leaders in the pack and will have to differentiate their product from the others in the race.
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