Press release
Alnylam Announces Launch of “Alnylam Challengers,” a Signature Community Impact Program to Improve Health Access to Underserved Communities
− Alnylam will provide a $1 Million Grant to Acumen America and will serve as an Anchor Partner of their Health Equity Portfolio – CAMBRIDGE,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n− Alnylam will provide a $1 Million Grant to Acumen America and will serve as an Anchor Partner of their Health Equity Portfolio –\n\n CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAlnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), the leading RNAi therapeutics company, today announced the launch of Alnylam Challengers, a signature community impact program that will support bold and diverse organizations in their pursuit of developing new and sustainable solutions to address challenges in health equity. Through this program, Alnylam will collaborate with social entrepreneurs, employees, and business partners to create innovative health solutions to tackle obstacles to accessing health care such as poverty, racial discrimination, and other social determinants of health.\n\nAlnylam’s first U.S. partnership is with Acumen America, the U.S. division of a global nonprofit that raises philanthropic dollars and invests them in social impact-driven companies, leaders and ideas that take on world poverty. Alnylam is contributing $1 million to support Acumen America in its efforts to impact 75 million people in the U.S. by 2024.\n\n“At Alnylam, corporate responsibility is a commitment to tackling unprecedented and complex challenges, taking courageous action, and using our business as a force for good. Alnylam Challengers is a multi-dimensional commitment for Alnylam,” said Dr. Pushkal Garg, Chief Medical Officer. “We are dedicated to the partnership aspect of this program – our employees, both as experts in their fields and as volunteers, are working with organizations, through our partnership with Acumen America, to enable their work, fuel growth and drive real change for the communities they serve.”\n\nThe three focus areas of Alnylam Challengers include:\n\n\nSocial Investment Portfolio: A strategic social investment model to tackle health inequities by partnering with a diverse and boldly innovative set of social entrepreneurs, enterprises, and non-profit organizations.\n\n\nAdvisory Corps: A skills-based volunteerism initiative where Alnylam employee teams serve as subject-matter expert (SME) advisors to address health equity issues through innovative business models.\n\n\nConvenings: A series of cross-sector forums that embed Alnylam into industry, national, and international dialogue around pressing issues of health equity and rally others to...