Delaware	001-36407	77-0602661
(State or Other Juris- diction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

675 West Kendall Street, Henri A. Termeer Square Cambridge, Massachusetts	02142
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 551-8200

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share		ALNY		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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Item 2.02.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On November 5, 2020, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) announced its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020. The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit relating to Item 2.02 shall be deemed to be furnished, and not filed:

99.1	Press Release dated November 5, 2020.

104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 5, 2020	ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.


	By:	/s/ Jeffrey V. Poulton
		Jeffrey V. Poulton
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
		Officer