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Akcea Therapeutics is a development and commercialization company focused on helping patients with serious diseases. Our priority is to drive clinical program execution, understand patient and physician needs, prepare the market, create market access, and commercialize our products on a global basis. We are driven by knowing that patients depend on us. An affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals and based in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Akcea was founded with a robust portfolio of development-stage drugs covering multiple targets and disease states using advanced antisense therapeutics. Akcea is derived from the Greek word for value and worth. Something that has akcea (αξία) is not common, but precious and rare. Our name supports the value we are creating for physicians, patients and their families, and other key stakeholders as we seek to commercialize a robust portfolio of development-stage, advanced, antisense therapies for serious cardiometabolic lipid disorders. Our immediate focus is to drive our clinical programs forward through development to commercialization while building on the Isis standards of excellence.
We are a clinical stage biotech startup, led by Michael Hayden, MD, PhD., together with a highly experienced team with a track record of success. Michael is the founder of five biotech companies and was previously President of Global R&D and Chief Scientific Officer at Teva. He has directed the development of multiple innovative drug products leading to 35 approvals between 2012-2018.
Quorum Review IRB is an AAHRPP accredited ethics review board. Our mission is to protect patient safety while providing best-in-class customer service.