CARLSBAD, Calif., June 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Isis
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS), the leader in antisense
therapeutics, today announced that management will present a
company overview at the Goldman Sachs 36th Annual Global
Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, June 10,
2015 at 2:40 p.m. Pacific Time
in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.
A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the
"Investors & Media" section of the Isis website. The
replay will be available within 48 hours and will be archived for a
limited time.
About Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Isis is exploiting
its leadership position in RNA-targeted technology to discover and
develop novel drugs for its product pipeline and for its
partners. Isis' broad pipeline consists of 38 drugs to treat
a wide variety of diseases with an emphasis on cardiovascular,
metabolic, severe and rare diseases, including neurological
disorders, and cancer. Isis' partner, Genzyme, is
commercializing Isis' lead product, KYNAMRO®, in
the United States and other
countries for the treatment of patients with homozygous FH.
Isis has numerous drugs in Phase 3 development in severe/rare
diseases and cardiovascular diseases. These include
ISIS-APOCIIIRx, a drug Isis is developing and plans to
commercialize through its wholly owned subsidiary, Akcea
Therapeutics, to treat patients with familial chylomicronemia
syndrome and partial lipodystrophy; ISIS-TTRRx, a drug
Isis is developing with GSK to treat patients with the
polyneuropathy and cardiomyopathy forms of TTR amyloidosis; and
ISIS-SMNRx, a drug Isis is developing with Biogen to
treat infants and children with spinal muscular atrophy, a severe
and rare neuromuscular disease. Isis' patents provide strong
and extensive protection for its drugs and technology.
Additional information about Isis is available at
www.isispharm.com.
ISIS PHARMACEUTICALS' FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT
This
press release include forward-looking statements regarding Isis
Pharmaceuticals' financial position and outlook, Isis' business,
and the therapeutic and commercial potential of Isis' technologies
and products in development, including the commercial potential of
KYNAMRO®, ISIS-TTRRx, ISIS-SMNRx
and ISIS-APOCIIIRx and the business of Akcea
Therapeutics, Isis' wholly owned subsidiary. Any statement
describing Isis' goals, expectations, financial or other
projections, intentions or beliefs is a forward-looking statement
and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such
statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties,
particularly those inherent in the process of discovering,
developing and commercializing drugs that are safe and effective
for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavor of building a
business around such drugs. Isis' forward-looking statements
also involve assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove
correct, could cause its results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Although Isis' forward-looking statements reflect the good faith
judgment of its management, these statements are based only on
facts and factors currently known by Isis. As a result, you
are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking
statements. These and other risks concerning Isis' programs
are described in additional detail in Isis' annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31,
2014, and its most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q,
which are on file with the SEC. Copies of these and other
documents are available from the Company.
In this press release, unless the context requires otherwise,
"Isis," "Company," "we," "our," and "us" refers to Isis
Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiaries.
Isis Pharmaceuticals® is a registered trademark of
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Akcea Therapeutics™ is a trademark
of Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Regulus Therapeutics™ is a
trademark of Regulus Therapeutics Inc. KYNAMRO® is
a registered trademark of Genzyme Corporation.
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