ISIS Issues Press Release on New Myotonic Dystrophy Drug

ISIS Pharmecuticals announces testing of new Drug to Treat Myotonic Dystrophy.

If you have this disease call you local research center and ask to be added to list of potential patients if you want to participate.

Isis Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 1/2 Study of ISIS-DMPK Rx in Patients With Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

ISIS-DMPK Rx Extends the Targeting of Antisense Drugs to Include Muscle Tissue

CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISIS) announced today that it has initiated a study for ISIS-DMPKRx in patients with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1).  DM1 is a rare genetic neuromuscular disease caused by the production of toxic dystrophia myotonica-protein kinase (DMPK) RNA in cells.  ISIS-DMPKRx is specifically designed to reduce toxic DMPK RNA.

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