SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Has Filed a Class Action Against ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Certain Officers -- ISIS
NEW YORK, Dec 28, 2012 (Menafn - GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) --Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against ISIS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Isis" or the "Company") ISIS and certain of its officers. The class action filed, in United States District Court, Southern District of California, and docketed under 3:12-cv-03071-CAB-KSC, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired securities of Isis between March 29, 2012 and October 15, 2012, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). This class action seeks to recover damages against the Company and certain of its officers and directors as a result of alleged violations of the federal securities laws pursuant to Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.
If you are a shareholder who purchased Isis securities during the Class Period, you have until February 26, 2013 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at rswilloughby@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll free, x237. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address and telephone number.
Isis is the leading company in antisense drug discovery and development. The Company's strategy is to discover unique antisense drugs and develop these drugs to key clinical value inflection points.
The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, the Company conditioned investors to believe that Kynamro (mipomersen sodium), one of the drugs in its pipeline, would receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") through a host of materially false and misleading statements regarding the safety and efficacy of the drug, as well as reportedly positive results from Kynamro's phase three clinical trial. As a result of the foregoing, the Company's statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On October 16, 2012, two days prior to a meeting of the FDA's Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee to decide on whether to recommend Kynamro for FDA approval, the FDA published a clinical briefing document questioning the safety and efficacy of Kynamro. Specifically, the report noted that abnormal growths or neoplasms developed in 3.1% of patients treated with Kynamro, as compared to only 0.9% of patients who took a placebo. The FDA report concluded that this "imbalance in neoplasms will need to be assessed further in on-going and future studies and post-marketing (if approved)." In addition, the report found that three patients treated with Kynamro died during clinical testing. Two died of heart attacks and the other patient died of acute liver failure, and the report concluded that "the potential for a contributing effect of mipomersen cannot be ruled out."
As a result of this disclosure, Isis shares declined 2.88 per share or nearly 22%, to close at 10.27 per share on October 16, 2012.
The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, and San Diego, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 70 years later, the Pomerantz Firm continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomerantzlaw.com.
CONTACT: Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
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