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Operator

Good morning, and welcome to Ionis Pharmaceuticals Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results Conference Call.

As a reminder, this call is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Dave Nakasone, Investor Relations to lead off the call. Please begin.

David Nakasone

Thank you, Debbie.

a encourage Ionis go press that website related tables I section the release we begin, GAAP financial the the of to including will we discuss everyone financial to to Investors and to today. Before non-GAAP of measures reconciliation find the of business. believe We economics financial how and better results business non-GAAP we the represent our manage our our posted that accompany slides today. on website also We've discussion our and today's call Hougen, are Brett Geary, Executive of Chief President Beth Officer; on Monia, Chief Officer; Development. Financial me Richard Vice Executive With And Development joining Research. Eric Vice Chief us for Q&A, of Onaiza Swayze, and Cadoret-Manier, Corporate President and Commercial Officer; Executive I would contains which statement. like X, draw to to Slide forward-looking language attention our your

statements our which to and making that, will statements, in I'll turn are based actual forward-looking Brett. additional to These We call filings are uncertainties, to risk With differ the certain our you results risks encourage our SEC materially. I for over current may and on discussed be factors subject consult expectations beliefs. the and detail.

Brett Monia

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products And our substantial grow advance pipeline and ensure near our to the new through new reaching a Second, to expand significantly the drug market our the initiatives third, term. and in in of for longer to to number late-stage enhance increase capabilities technology. discovery

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prepared this looking of half comments, our strategy to wrapping Richard objectives. great in key pleased up to to focus recent are pipeline over on further we updates expected forward our on the the of executing with this remarks discuss the the second year. to Beth making remainder ahead. review And achieving our and that that, positioned we all of the my I'll progress our results. are more. So made are your turn goals strategic with for before the up preview to and an we Then progress growth catalysts all financial for and we're we taking year and questions. as now exciting pipeline importantly, strength Richard, people well achieve the and And lie very the opening year, with financial I'll call We've After will achieve wrap

Beth. Now over to

Elizabeth Hougen

you, Brett. Thank

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Richard Geary

Beth. you, Thank

this Brett As first excellent pipeline performance pleased we our with the of certainly in year. are earlier, the across described half

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Brett Monia

to continued our successfully strategic the Richard. year, key objectives. you, advance In half the we first of Thank all

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Operator

Instructions]. [Operator

from comes of Jason question first with Gerberry Bank America. The

Jason Gerberry

me. A couple for

the help you expectation can maybe into set IIb vupanorsen. the Phase Just for

curious, need more with patients severe triglyceride of of sort subgroup unmet Just the high levels.

your read category? just across secondarily, to from potentially have terms to of thoughts And patient given guess, any your Huntington's. this Huntington's curious a wondering the revisiting you thought Just and in thoughts Just population. latest I then to on steps study as that ability that to disease next

Brett Monia

thanks for the Jason, question. Sure,

is the study, year. to line they Pfizer So Phase for have which said top that has vupanorsen, IIb announced this data plan

As strategy from in Phase one drug our target and people. vupanorsen, which about patients if high related for combined this millions There this of high is for moving severe for large the diseases, III, Phase well. mechanism think Remy a purely epidemia very medical high patient vupanorsen LICA as triglycerides plan APOCIII best-in-class non-HDL III to with III We triglycerides. you to if that triglycerides, very that And to that population cholesterol unmet for that need a they with high-triglyceribulated mix will, excited significant, the to The they're cholesterol patient addition reminder best program. nicely. quite in high Phase and targeting patients is we're also, is which move is positions affects - we're population we're mechanism, dyslipidemias, suffering very mixed the that is

important So populations Huntington. targeting large patient have to quite because some LICA and realize And to to I first, I that that. add see for touch are can I But said. distinct APOCIII that very what overlap and to our they're if on like are medicine Richard raised really wanted that distinct don't but anything it's vupanorsen I'd populations just

Richard Geary

No.

I think Brett. you've covered it well,

Brett Monia

you, Thank Richard. Okay.

go as analyze As end the Roche Huntington, working they've Jason, through an continue Roche closely this. We're next the update steps more far the results said, data of year. the as and promised by as of the on the to data, they very they as all well on as study with

And tuned so update. half the second for the for an stay of year

Operator

question is with from next The RBC. Issi Luca

Luca Issi

quick Two pipeline. ones on the

So maybe interim the me the TTR mid-XXXX X actually months, It's expand almost actually. polyneuropathy? you ahead first for to bit planning TTR, on It analysis the little on primary analysis a looks interim that can more in LICA endpoint. the X of is you're Richard, for months that

with that So running a there. provide what to Wondering the you issues to if also confidence into you any second curves. safety wondering seen such is a of We've can separation follow-up, there. question ENaC. see on short going gives update Arrowhead be the you're then able And

next franchise. any thoughts saw? So on And one what's that picture if can had bigger issues the comment have are on whether you for the the they you respiratory to safety that maybe similar

Richard Geary

for Yes. Thanks. you eplontersen I'll that take first. question

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that placebo was nicely separating so already point. from it at And time quite

that that, believe need that analysis. into we us this going kind in confidence gives interim that of we So

quite it's In fact, high.

with a that, I the able can't think competition. through might what that be to. speak issue. confident we're second even had, We happening the very had you and we'll preclinical working question that to - We're I be we

Brett Monia

gives what great drug TTR reductions You Phase at eplontersen, significant XX% Richard, finish excellent Thank as is endpoints Richard for statistically yes. based in conducted reductions. our Eplontersen same only study We're us TEGSEDI you, for that to benefit line, I months. the not around have if of tolerability Phase primary all even rising And just confidence greater that the is in the in like was also the showed can fact that - at is Richard X at add with mentioned. on what as dose LICA the III III said. showing safety,

working a development move to confident have outcome. molecules very really as in at also we're preclinically just program in progress new can the looking the new comfortable that designs, add path we're pulmonary the very that regulatory forward well. to the on we And with So we're And future. and back good - pulmonary,

tuned next So in that. stay the We'll year. for end of that more or year the talk about maybe

Operator

The next Werber question from Cowen. with Yaron is

Brendan Smith

This Yaron. team the to Congrats on the for Brendan is progress. on

Just a ones couple of quick us. from

looking that initiate Kind mentioned you're see next the to steps study you what or HAE of early end know Phase are the the by just I So to year. year there. of III wanted left

see trial get preclinical and I data you be you that have with logistics able kind really point it If And I/II? on to tell already at might any what for might at and are design point? Phase this just finalizing quickly the to still and timing you study study? Or wanted for us up the year then maybe about Angelman. from we of it's alignment if and the set design this FDA getting any

Brett Monia

preclinically. I'll after to Sure a talk and little what take Angelman ask then in thing. and we that, on HAE published so about presented I'll - Eric program bit the the

touches late and honestly, this preparing to getting to it's we're study and blocking done discussions our design of running. made. We're Phase final HAE, We're next data It's share Phase our than the end year. it Phase hoping II III looks - LICA Brendan. the we for get strategy, plan think mostly point a the for year will best-in-class getting share the get But we what tackling, second goal of up study, of full we year. it for and strategy, at position design later putting study quarter HAE. the it also with in design, development our we of And it's molecule logistics, why the we're set by Really, that for and getting happening first Phase see very our III We're having the - half So potentially for III on our to stretch forward selecting the as good certainly, and we're a sites. activation like just moving sites, regulators. when drug PKK initiated

So got a out, exciting momentum stay tuned that Angelmans. in we half. for on think, half a the of lot published second Eric, second through in of going the second coming We and half. of the lot we the year news

Eric Swayze

Yes.

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Brett Monia

on tolerability, study, And readouts study to dose escalation, for obviously, focused, select on III the biomarker the dose safety, a will I/II be for follow. Phase study first - potentially Phase based a inpatient

Operator

next The Yanan from question Zhu Wells is with Fargo.

Yanan Zhu

with things progress. on lot X on. have of to on technology question collaboration. congrats Bicycle platform the front And Great. the I A going regard

that you with you using dystrophy do fabs? increase exposure So when approach and there that on-labeled you confidence prior you bicyclic the their is perhaps date or your clinical restart also, dystrophy studies, And your compared program muscle feel at path? antisense myotonic peptide approaches in compared of with when myotonic an were enough the have gives transferrin in you with given doing receptor the look could diligence, accelerated you monoclonal experience fold have antibodies targeting either antibody Yes.

the first question. So that's

Brett Monia

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him why And turn we're from other it our you I'll we and over differentiate tell excited - we about believe so to Bicycle to so how what approaches.

Eric Swayze

Brett. Sure. Yes. Thanks,

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Yanan Zhu

a tau MAPT then quick or the lowering program. Great. And question on

tau? of You example, for approach with given of think path with, we recent antibody reductions the forward this biomarker showed this about How targeting very a And impressive tau. with development should a approach approach? some beta kind be could compared approach there

Eric Swayze

Yes.

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Operator

The Stifel. from next question is Matteis Paul with

Alexander Thompson

from this Paul. follow-up the get doses is curious if on wondering III? Phase in And and that a if in on if secondarily, VMRI comment I in expect or you I, you biomarkers could if of there you that This this II, for presented ASO then would on Phase measures tominersen comment was MAPT. sort could versus future. any the or relative on the are Alex Actually, or study published

Eric Swayze

poster. Sure. The weren't in disclosed doses that

identify information about and I our the for we will subtle and say design this the that. Phase good and in We working we've of and pretty design share compounds. advances stay tuned getting tweaks the hard are been and data I a And it. we more so oligos on oligo, on is that chemistry how hopefully, can published, working making to

this think represents able And so the this is have we've better PK/PD molecules made, a to been our - of expected. performed And fantastic predicting and modelers doses. and make more think done over human as we one we more it potent the And job the them I years.

So hopefully, in share publication can soon. data more a we

Alexander Thompson

or not this that were in data taken that just there was something And whether say not biomarker study? Or done? can you is

Eric Swayze

Well, beyond can't range the comment of I of in in study. a and terms we what MAPT. biomarkers outcomes reported we had

Operator

question & Jen is from The with Yale next Laidlaw Company.

Yale Jen

the that and launch? be sort you Should after question the XXXX, bit what's little in get in that commercial integrate strategy if of the you you that infrastructure approved product a your operations, or will be maybe have? eplontersen the Just Akcea case to is maybe forward-looking the terms this that of next future

Brett Monia

Yale. excited as this Onaiza so also why polyneuropathy we're program, a about eplontersen potential it, on? excited are for the well. cardiomyopathy just for X, we're point our why I'll but not to best-in-class about program talk Thanks, as about Onaiza, ask you

Onaiza Cadoret-Manier

I Yes, launches. commercial to about am. our program happy and our talk

as are Brett a we markets to Ionis are said, the ones right, launches. bring this to prepare is, and be we the you foundational would best-in-class market. treatment, both So capabilities would commercial cardiomyopathy. of for building It for absolutely And PN first one that

quality safety and self-administration very of favorable in We and life, proven profile at-home benefit to expect see neuropathy, optimal a dosing.

indication, excited as for cardiomyopathy team launches On is the formed it program in preparing the trial it, very is have around CM. brand important about and largest we're remember moving that's There to second as where markets the well. we this they're is as well forward. a been So that

how We data. to to of patients because on a advantageous trial right, really standard data conducting diversity really going recruiting clinical be or going a program have the place care. breadth eplontersen for overall. XXX we robust the are it's and going indication this to to in clinicians about of of can provide used we be very just that as with for and this about eplontersen of an eplontersen that It's set are market, without dynamic is be for generate We're excited the it's data second

indications. And as and looking So for treatment again, really foundational great CM. best-in-class both program, PN for good

Yale Jen

second this X this sort bit Great. you acromegaly the will guys question of program Okay. readout Maybe you more helpful. a that half That's very little expectation which Could have? may just is data of year. here, the what of have recap you and

Brett Monia

Yale. thing, Sure

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the is profile been extension top second on characterize of somatostatin will open-label in LICA analog long-term share study. is that data, patient in So also this the that growth we which the in the population. we've receptor of this And half data hormone important to year to think for is include

and in target how disease data we with impact binding, safety, engagement, on and are feeling patients So will also this of other this measures reported on patient total presenting IGF-X readout. outcomes be tolerability,

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monotherapy have And in to frontline acromegaly. next out GHR Phase read study patients also LICA study year. that - with II We patients expected in for is the

care positioning poorly are we're on how patients frontline potentially for with out. who the reads a this as So well drug data as of depending standard as treatment potentially controlled

Yale Jen

That's very Great. on And helpful. Okay. congrats all the progress.

Operator

The next JPMorgan. with is from question Jessica Fye

Jessica Fye

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Brett Monia

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Operator

SVB question with Leerink. Foroohar next Mani The from is

Mani Foroohar

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Brett Monia

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Richard Geary

Yes.

Brett Monia

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Onaiza Cadoret-Manier

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Brett Monia

Onaiza. Thanks,

Mani Foroohar

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Onaiza Cadoret-Manier

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Brett Monia

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Operator

Minter The next Blair. question is William from with Myles

Myles Minter

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Eric Swayze

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Brett Monia

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Myles Minter

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Brett Monia

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Operator

with question next from Rajavelu Esther The is UBS.

Esther Rajavelu

On design starting FUS-ALS, I understand Phase the topic. of to tofersen? that then enroll us And to considerations this another II you're on can you for follow-up some help trial have compared a

Brett Monia

Richard, that? do to want you take

Richard Geary

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Brett Monia

endpoint add the as is the to Esther, to And same that, the tofersen. primary

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Esther Rajavelu

Right.

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Brett Monia

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is longer. and the study therefore, longer, little a takes it So

Esther Rajavelu

Got it.

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You whether maybe tied referred indications but help to the understand to referring heart? you're cardiometabolic us you issues in to cardiac indications, structural more or the can

Brett Monia

others things. on metabolic targeting cardiac generated focused have We're well We're validated myocytes targeting based generated targets or a data and failure. going that we've of as preclinical directly We're targets diseases cardiac sorts after like on on myocytes. those directly, heart as based not well-validated genetics

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Operator

The Stanley. with next question Lebowitz is from Morgan David

David Lebowitz

to just to needs what Slide readout, X be as that regulatory achieved us to able look being exceed That the we be forward you helpful. to readout, far think you could When see run expect in through could thresholds? what would very as you

Brett Monia

Sure, David.

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call on So joined with us who to like everybody that, today. I'd thank our

have to really continue lot updates we're year. of year And half to forward of we We unfolds, looking goals. the providing a the going execute of further second as our all on the momentum as into

So for and joining until great today, thanks have us day. a then,

Operator

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Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS) 4 Aug 212021 Q2 Earnings call transcript