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ARTICLE | Product Development

POC for APOCIIIRx

Isis Phase II hints at statin-like efficacy, safety in hypertriglyceridemia

July 1, 2013 7:00 AM UTC

If initial Phase II data bear out in larger trials, Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. thinks ISIS-APOCIIIRx could alter the treatment landscape for hypertriglyceridemia much like statins did for hypercholesterolemia.

ISIS-APOCIIIRx is an antisense inhibitor of apolipoprotein C-III (APOCIII; APOC3), which regulates triglyceride clearance from blood. Elevated plasma levels of APOC3 are pro-atherogenic and closely correlate with hypertriglyceridemia...