Akcea and Ionis Announce Submission of Marketing Authorization Application for Volanesorsen to the European Medicines Agency

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and CARLSBAD, Calif., July 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKCA) and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IONS) announced today that a marketing authorization application (MAA) has been submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for volanesorsen for the treatment of patients with familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS). Volanesorsen, a product of Ionis' proprietary antisense technology, was discovered by Ionis and co-developed by Ionis and Akcea and, if approved, will be commercialized by Akcea.

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