Webcast scheduled for Monday, November 5th at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
BOSTON, Oct. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:AKCA), an affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
announced today that it will host a live webcast on Monday, November 5th at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its third
quarter 2018 financial results and report on pipeline and business progress.
Interested parties may listen to the call by dialing (855) 237-2439, passcode 1381717, or access the webcast at www.akceatx.com. A webcast replay will be available for a limited time at the same address.
ABOUT AKCEA THERAPEUTICS
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc., an affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IONS), is a biopharmaceutical company focused on
developing and commercializing drugs to treat patients with serious and rare diseases. Akcea is advancing a mature pipeline of six
novel drugs, including TEGSEDITM (inotersen), WAYLIVRATM (volanesorsen), AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx,
AKCEA-ANGPTL3-LRx, AKCEA-APOCIII-LRx, and AKCEA-TTR-LRx, all with the potential to treat multiple
diseases. All six drugs were discovered by and are being co-developed with Ionis, a leader in antisense therapeutics, and are based
on Ionis’ proprietary antisense technology. TEGSEDI is approved in the U.S., E.U. and Canada. WAYLIVRA is under regulatory review
for the treatment of familial chylomicronemia syndrome, or FCS, and is currently in Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment
of people with familial partial lipodystrophy, or FPL. Akcea is building the infrastructure to commercialize its drugs globally.
Akcea is a global company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Additional information about Akcea is available at www.akceatx.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding the business of Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. Any statement describing
Akcea’s goals, expectations, financial or other projections, intentions or beliefs, including the commercial potential of TEGSEDI
or other of Akcea’s drugs in development 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. Akcea’s 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 Akcea’s
forward-looking statements reflect the good faith judgment of its management, these statements are based only on facts and factors
currently known by Akcea. As a result, you are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks
concerning Akcea’s programs are described in additional detail in Akcea’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form
10-K, 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, “Ionis”, “Akcea,” “Company,” “Companies,” “we,” “our,” and “us”
refers to Ionis Pharmaceuticals and/or Akcea Therapeutics.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals™ is a trademark of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Akcea Therapeutics™, TEGSEDITM and
WAYLIVRATM are trademarks of Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.
Media and Investor Contacts:
Erika Escartin
Director, Corporate Communications
617-207-8520
eescartin@akceatx.com
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