# How Alnylam Pharmaceuticals uses Ironclad

**nearly 1,000 contracts**: “In just three months after implementation, Alnylam processed nearly 1,000 contracts through Ironclad.”

As published on [ironcladapp.com](https://ironcladapp.com/resources/customer-stories/alnylam), February 2025. Captured by usedby on 2026-10-08.

- Company: [Alnylam Pharmaceuticals](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/alnylam-pharmaceuticals.md)
- Tool: [Ironclad](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/ironclad.md)
- Industry: [Biotech & Pharma](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/biotech-pharma.md)
- Teams: Legal, Procurement, Privacy, Safety

## What the story says

Alnylam uses Ironclad as its contract lifecycle management platform to standardize and automate contracting for scientists and salespeople. It uses Workflow Designer for conditional template language and for routing contracts based on whether standard terms are changed.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Ironclad and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, not ours.

> In just three months after implementation, Alnylam processed nearly 1,000 contracts through Ironclad. The platform’s activity tracking transformed visibility into contract status, allowing teams to see real-time progress including negotiations, approvals, and external communications

- **70 templates down to just 5**: “they consolidated from 70 templates down to just 5”
- **30-50 users**: “They expanded gradually through monthly cohorts of 30-50 users, allowing them to provide focused support to each group.”

> We have a very compliance heavy industry and there’s a lot of audit and oversight to make sure that we’re doing things the way we’re supposed to. \[Ironclad\] just makes those things a whole lot easier.
>
> Elliot Mandel, VP of Legal Operations

Source: [ironcladapp.com](https://ironcladapp.com/resources/customer-stories/alnylam), captured 2026-10-08.

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-08.

- Checked: the figure nearly 1,000 contracts is printed word for word on the page, near the name of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.
- Checked: the publication date is read from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
- Checked: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals uses Ironclad. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-08.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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