Akcea Therapeutics to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

BOSTON, Nov. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. AKCA, an affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., focused on developing and commercializing drugs to treat patients with serious and rare diseases, today announced that management will present a company overview at the following investor conferences:

• 2018 Stifel Healthcare Conference at 2:45 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 in New York, NY; and
• 27^th Annual Credit Suisse Healthcare Conference at 10:20 a.m. MST on Thursday, November 15, 2018 in Scottsdale, AZ; and
• 30^th Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference at 8:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in New York, NY.

The above listed dates are subject to change. Details on presentation times or changes to presentation dates can be found on the Company's website. Please check www.akceatx.com for the latest information.

A live webcast of all presentations will be available on the "Media & Investors" section of the Akcea website. The replay will be available within 48 hours and will be archived for a limited time.

ABOUT AKCEA THERAPEUTICS
Akcea Therapeutics, Inc., an affiliate of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing drugs to treat patients with serious and rare diseases. Akcea is advancing a mature pipeline of six novel drugs, including TEGSEDI^TM (inotersen), WAYLIVRA^TM (volanesorsen), AKCEA-APO(a)-L_Rx, AKCEA-ANGPTL3-L_Rx, AKCEA-APOCIII-L_Rx, and AKCEA-TTR-L_Rx, all with the potential to treat multiple diseases. All six drugs were discovered by and are being co-developed with Ionis, a leader in antisense therapeutics, and are based on Ionis' proprietary antisense technology. TEGSEDI is approved in the U.S., E.U. and Canada. WAYLIVRA is under regulatory review for the treatment of familial chylomicronemia syndrome, or FCS, and is currently in Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment of people with familial partial lipodystrophy, or FPL. Akcea is building the infrastructure to commercialize its drugs globally. Akcea is a global company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Additional information about Akcea is available at www.akceatx.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding the business of Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. Any statement describing Akcea's goals, expectations, financial or other projections, intentions or beliefs is a forward-looking statement and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, particularly those inherent in the process of discovering, developing and commercializing drugs that are safe and effective for use as human therapeutics, and in the endeavor of building a business around such drugs. Akcea's forward-looking statements also involve assumptions that, if they never materialize or prove correct, could cause its results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Although Akcea's forward-looking statements reflect the good faith judgment of its management, these statements are based only on facts and factors currently known by Akcea. As a result, you are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These and other risks concerning Akcea's programs are described in additional detail in its quarterly report on Form 10-Q and other documents, which are on file with the SEC. 

In this press release, unless the context requires otherwise, "Akcea," "Company," "we," "our," and "us" refers to Akcea Therapeutics. 

Ionis Pharmaceuticals™ is a trademark of Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Akcea Therapeutics™, TEGSEDI™ and WAYLIVRA™ are trademarks of Akcea Therapeutics, Inc.

Investor and Media Contact:
Kathleen Gallagher
Vice President of Communications and Investor Relations
E: kgallagher@akceatx.com
T: +1 617 207 8509