Ionis Pharmaceuticals
- Country
- 🇺🇸United States
- Ownership
- -
- Employees
- 927
- Market Cap
- $7B
- Introduction
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of human therapeutic drugs using antisense technology. It operates through the Ionis Core segment. The Ionis Core segment exploits a novel drug discovery platform to generate a pipeline of drugs. The company was founded by Stanley T. Crooke, David J. Ecker, Christopher K. Mirabelli, and Brett P. Monia on January 10, 1989 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.
Clinical Trials
4
Trial Phases
2 Phases
Drug Approvals
0
Drug Approvals
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Clinical Trials
Distribution across different clinical trial phases (4 trials with phase data)• Click on a phase to view related trials
News
Sarepta Therapeutics Implements $400 Million Cost-Cutting Plan Amid Regulatory Challenges for Gene Therapy
Sarepta Therapeutics announced a $400 million annual cost-savings initiative in July 2025, including a 36% workforce reduction of 500 employees to achieve financial sustainability through 2027.
Biogen Advances Salanersen to Phase 3 Studies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy After Promising Results
Biogen's salanersen (BIIB115/ION306) demonstrated substantial slowing of neurodegeneration and clinically meaningful motor function improvements in children with spinal muscular atrophy previously treated with gene therapy.
CNS Oligonucleotide Licensing Deals Surge 339% to $2.81 Billion in 2024
Licensing agreements for CNS-targeted oligonucleotide therapeutics increased 339% from 2023 to 2024, reaching $2.81 billion in total deal value according to GlobalData's analysis.
Ulefnersen Shows Unprecedented Recovery in Young Patients with Rare FUS-ALS
Columbia University researchers report that ulefnersen, an experimental drug, demonstrated remarkable efficacy in treating FUS-ALS, a rare genetic form of ALS affecting young people.
Ionis Reports Positive Phase 3 Results for Olezarsen in Hypertriglyceridemia
Olezarsen demonstrated significant triglyceride reductions of 61% and 58% at 6 months with 80mg and 50mg monthly doses respectively in patients with moderate hypertriglyceridemia.
Ionis and Ono Forge $940 Million Deal for Sapablursen in Polycythemia Vera Treatment
Ionis Pharmaceuticals has licensed sapablursen, an RNA-targeted medicine for polycythemia vera, to Ono Pharmaceutical in a deal worth up to $940 million including $280 million upfront.
EU Approves WAINZUA (Eplontersen) for Hereditary Transthyretin-Mediated Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy
The European Commission has approved WAINZUA (eplontersen), developed by Ionis Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca, for treating hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN) in adult patients with stage 1 or 2 disease.
Ionis Advances Antisense Therapy for Angelman Syndrome to Phase 3 Following Promising Clinical Results
Ionis Pharmaceuticals is moving forward with Phase 3 trials for ION582, an antisense therapy designed to unsilence the paternal UBE3A gene in Angelman syndrome patients, after Biogen declined to license the drug.
Major Advances in Angioedema Pipeline: Intellia's Gene Therapy Enters Phase 3 as Multiple Companies Race for Novel Treatments
Intellia Therapeutics has initiated Phase 3 trials for NTLA-2002, a groundbreaking CRISPR-based gene therapy for hereditary angioedema, with potential U.S. launch targeted for 2027.
Novartis Pushes Back Phase 3 Data Timeline for Ionis-Partnered Cardiac Therapy
• Novartis announced during its Q4 2024 financial results that the timeline for Phase 3 trial data of its cardiac therapy, developed in partnership with Ionis Pharmaceuticals, will be delayed. • The strategic collaboration between Novartis and Ionis Pharmaceuticals faces a setback in their cardiovascular drug development program, impacting their clinical trial readout schedule.