Prix Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc (IONS)

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of human therapeutic drugs using antisense technology. The company is headquartered in Carlsbad, California and currently employs 1,069 full-time employees. Its marketed medicines consist of TRYNGOLZA, WAINUA (eplontersen), SPINRAZA (nusinersen), QALSODY (tofersen), TEGSEDI (inotersen) and WAYLIVRA (volanesorsen). TRYNGOLZA reduces triglyceride levels in adults with familial chylomicronemia syndrome (FCS). WAINUA is approved for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-medicated amyloidosis (ATTRv-PN) in adults. SPINRAZA is used for the treatment of pediatric and adult patients with spinal muscular atrophy. QALSODY is approved for the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in adults who have a mutation in the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) gene, or SOD1-ALS. TEGSEDI is approved for the treatment of ATTRv-PN in adults. WAYLIVRA is approved as an adjunct to diet in adult patients with genetically confirmed FCS and at high risk of acute, potentially fatal pancreatitis.