Ionis Finds Its Footing Ahead Of Its First Big Commercial Step

CEO Brett Monia Took The Helm At Start Of Transition

Ionis will launch its first commercial product through a co-commercialization agreement with AstraZeneca early next year, in preparation for its first wholly-owned drug launches soon to follow.

Brett Monia, Ionis CEO
CEO Brett Monia has overseen big strategic shifts at Ionis • Source: Ionis

Three years into his tenure and with the COVID-19 pandemic behind him, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CEO Brett Monia and the organization he helms have taken solid steps from being a platform technology company that out-licenses its drugs to becoming a fully integrated biotechnology company (FIBCO) that sells its own products.

Monia took over the CEO role from long-time Ionis chief executive Stanley Crooke at the start of 2020, when the...

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