Akcea and Ionis Announce Acceptance of Marketing Applications in U.S., EU and Canada for Volanesorsen for the Treatment of FCS

FDA Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date set for August 30, 2018 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKCA), an affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:IONS), focused on developing and commercializing drugs to treat patients with serious cardiometabolic diseases caused by lipid disorders, today announced that all of its marketing applications for volanesorsen have been accepted for review in the U.S., EU and Canada for the treatment of patients with familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS).

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