Positive Clinical Data From Volanesorsen Published in the New England Journal of Medicine

Publication highlights the therapeutic potential of volanesorsen to address unmet needs in patients with high apoC-III and triglyceride levels CARLSBAD, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS), the leader in RNA-targeted therapeutics, and Akcea Therapeutics, its wholly owned subsidiary, announced today that The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published positive clinical results from a Phase 2 clinical study evaluating volanesorsen (formerly ISIS-APOCIIIRx) in patients with very high to severely high triglycerides. This publication follows the December 2014 publication in the NEJM of the positive Phase 2 results from a clinical study of volanesorsen in patients with familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS).1 Volanesorsen is part of Isis' lipid franchise, which is being developed and commercialized by Akcea Therapeutics.

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