Akcea and Ionis receive positive EU CHMP opinion for WAYLIVRA (volanesorsen)

First and only therapy approved for FCS, a serious and rare disease with no approved treatment options BOSTON, Mass. and CARLSBAD, Calif., March 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKCA), an affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IONS), announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion recommending conditional marketing authorization for WAYLIVRA as an adjunct to diet in adult patients with genetically confirmed familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) who are at high risk for pancreatitis, in whom response to diet and triglyceride lowering therapy has been inadequate. Click here to read the EMA’s press release.

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