Ionis announces expanded licensing agreement with Otsuka in Asia Pacific for investigational medicine donidalorsen in hereditary angioedema

Otsuka will be responsible for commercialization efforts for donidalorsen across both Asia Pacific and Europe Ionis plans to independently bring donidalorsen to U.S. patients, if approved CARLSBAD, Calif., June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS) today announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) under which Otsuka obtains exclusive rights across the Asia-Pacific region for donidalorsen, an investigational RNA-targeted prophylactic medicine for hereditary angioedema (HAE). Ionis will maintain primary responsibility for the development of donidalorsen, while Otsuka will be responsible for territory-specific development, regulatory filings and commercialization in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe.

The release as fetched from its publisher. ionis.com ↗