Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Present at the 2009 Canaccord Adams Cardiovascular Conference

CARLSBAD, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , the leader in antisense therapeutics, today announced that management will present a company overview at Canaccord Adams’ 2009 Cardiovascular Conference on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. PT at the Nikko Hotel in San Francisco.

About Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Isis is exploiting its expertise in RNA to discover and develop novel drugs for its product pipeline and for its partners. The Company has successfully commercialized the world’s first antisense drug and has 19 drugs in development. Isis’ drug development programs are focused on treating cardiovascular, metabolic and severe neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. Isis’ partners are developing antisense drugs invented by Isis to treat a wide variety of diseases. Isis and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals are joint owners of Regulus Therapeutics Inc., a company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of microRNA therapeutics. Isis also has made significant innovations beyond human therapeutics resulting in products that other companies, including Abbott, are commercializing. As an innovator in RNA-based drug discovery and development, Isis is the owner or exclusive licensee of over 1,600 issued patents worldwide. Additional information about Isis is available at www.isispharm.com.

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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