Ionis announces expanded licensing agreement with Otsuka in Asia Pacific for investigational medicine donidalorsen in hereditary angioedema
CARLSBAD, Calif., June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS) today announced that it has entered into a license agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Otsuka) under which Otsuka obtains exclusive rights across the Asia-Pacific region for donidalorsen, an investigational RNA-targeted prophylactic medicine for hereditary angioedema (HAE). Ionis will maintain primary responsibility for the development of donidalorsen, while Otsuka will be responsible for territory-specific development, regulatory filings and commercialization in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe.