Patient Advocacy

Colin, living with acute hepatic porphyria

Alnylam Advocacy Imperatives

Actively listen to patients and integrate their perspectives across our business

Actively listen to patients and integrate their perspectives across our business

Engage, empower and inspire advocacy groups to meet the needs of patient communities

Engage, empower and inspire advocacy groups to meet the needs of patient communities

Support and partner on patient education and disease awareness programs

Support and partner on patient education and disease awareness programs

Patient Advocacy Around the World

Working in more than 20 countries with over 60 Patient Advocacy Groups (PAGs)

ADVOCACY GROUP LEGEND:

  Acute Hepatic Porphyria
  Hereditary ATTR Amyloidosis
  Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1
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Patient Advocacy at Alnylam

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Patient Advocacy and Engagement Team

Meet the Patient Advocacy & Engagement Team

Greg Robertson

Senior Director,

CEMEA Region

Maidenhead, UK

FRAN KOCHMAN

Senior Director,

Amyloidosis

Cambridge, MA

CARA HESSE

Director,

Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1

Cambridge, MA

AIKO MIURA

Associate Director,

Asia Pacific Region

Tokyo, Japan

Meet the Patient Advocacy & Engagement Team

Greg Robertson

Senior Director,

CEMEA Region

Maidenhead, UK

FRAN KOCHMAN

Senior Director,

Amyloidosis

Cambridge, MA

CARA HESSE

Director,

Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1

Cambridge, MA

AIKO MIURA

Associate Director,

Asia Pacific Region

Tokyo, Japan

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A global grant program that empowers patient advocacy groups to develop innovative solutions to address the unmet needs for the communities they serve.

Additional Alnylam Resources

We are committed to supporting patients and their families throughout their journey with a wide range of programs and services—from diagnosis to access to treatment and care.

We offer a range of patient support services to help those impacted by diseases we are focused on.

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We believe that people who may benefit from our innovative medicines should be able to access them and this guides the actions we take as a company.

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Our medicines, based on RNA interference (RNAi), represent an innovative new approach to treating disease.

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Hereditary ATTR amyloidosis is a rare, inherited genetic disease caused featuring a wide variety of nervous system, cardiac, and digestive symptoms.

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In certain circumstances, we work with physicians to make our investigational therapies available to patients who might not be otherwise eligible for or have access to them.

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We are currently running several different clinical trials for diseases across multiple therapeutic areas.

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Acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) refers to a family of ultra-rare, genetic diseases characterized by potentially life-threatening attacks and, for some patients, chronic manifestations.

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Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) is an ultra-rare genetic disease that leads to frequent kidney stones, progressive kidney disease, and multi-organ dysfunction.

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Understanding RNAi

RNA interference (RNAi) is the core discovery that forms the therapies Alnylam is developing. It is recognized as a major scientific breakthrough—but how does it work, exactly?

Learn About How RNAi-Based Medicines Work

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