Isis Pharmaceuticals' Obesity Buster an Enormous Finding - Steven Turner

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Isis Pharmaceuticals' Obesity Buster an Enormous Finding
Jun 27, 2008 11:01 AM UTC

Steven Turner

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Via Long Investment Ideas from Seeking Alpha:

Logic may dictate that Isis Pharmaceuticals' largest multibillion-dollar blockbuster drug is its anti-lipid drug Mipomersen. After all, Genzyme (GENZ) has already paid Isis 325 million dollars upfront, and is scheduled to pay an additional 1.575 billion dollars in milestone payments.

True, Mipomersen has already proven to reverse atherosclerotic plaques in the murine model at unprecedented efficacy (up to 92%). It has also been able to lower lipid levels never achieved with traditional medicines in patients afflicted with homozygous hyperlipidemea.

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