SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - IONS

New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - March 31, 2021) - Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Ionis" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: IONS). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.

The investigation concerns whether Ionis and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.

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On March 22, 2021, post-market, Ionis issued a press release announcing that "its partner, Roche, has decided to discontinue dosing in the Phase III GENERATION HD1 study of tominersen in manifest Huntington's disease (HD)." Ionis specified that "[t]he decision was based on the results of a pre-planned review of data from the Phase III study conducted by an unblinded Independent Data Monitoring Committee (iDMC). While there were no new or emerging safety signals identified for tominersen, the iDMC made its recommendation based on the investigational therapy's potential benefit/risk profile for study participants."

On this news, Ionis's stock price fell $12.05 per share, or 21.66%, to close at $43.59 per share on March 23, 2021.

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CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980

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