Akcea and Ionis Receive Positive EU CHMP Opinion for TEGSEDI

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and CARLSBAD, Calif., June 01, 2018 (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 approval of TEGSEDI™ (inotersen) for the treatment of Stage 1 or Stage 2 polyneuropathy in adult patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR). Click here to read the EMA’s press release.

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