Alnylam’s Amvuttra To Take Off From Onpattro’s Runway

Most Onpattro Patients Expected To Switch

The company won approval in hATTR amyloidosis polyneuropathy for the RNAi drug, which offers quarterly subcutaneous dosing versus Onpattro’s I.V. administration every three weeks.

Alnylam's Amvuttra won FDA approval on 13 June for hATTR-PN • Source: Shutterstock

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. plans to take advantage of the existing commercial foundation of Onpattro (patisiran) to launch the newly approved hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (hATTR)-associated polyneuropathy (PN) drug Amvuttra (vutrisiran).

The US Food and Drug Administration approved the subcutaneous RNA-interference (RNAi) agent on 13 June for hATTR-PN, based on nine-month...

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