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Alnylam Licenses RNAi Patent Family to Qiagen

Sep 21, 2005

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (GenomeWeb News) - Qiagen has licensed a number of RNA interference patents from Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Alnylam said today.

 

Under the non-exclusive license, Qiagen will be allowed to provide research products and services using RNAi under the Kreutzer-Limmer patent family, which covers small interfering RNAs and their use to mediate RNAi in mammalian cells.

 

Qiagen already offers siRNA libraries and high-throughput siRNA synthesis technology.

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