Novartis has turned to Ionis for another cardiovascular disease drug, putting $60 million down for a follow-up to lipoprotein(a)-targeting drug pelacarsen, which is now in
Biogen will have to make the case for its amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) therapy tofersen to an FDA advisory committee in March before it gets a decision on approval.
Roche has stopped dosing in a phase 3 trial of tominersen, a potential Huntington’s disease (HD) drug developed with Ionis, after a pre-planned review by independent experts.
An antisense drug developed by GlaxoSmithKline has been shown to suppress the hepatitis B virus (HBV) in a phase 2 trial, raising hopes of a “functional cure” for the widesprea
Pfizer has signed a deal with Ionis’ affiliate Akcea Therapeutics, to develop a potential blockbuster antisense therapy to treat patients with certain cardiovascular and metabolic diseases