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Isis Pharmaceuticals and Thomas, McNerney & Partners Announce That the Newly Formed Altair Therapeutics Will Develop Antisense Drugs for Respiratory Conditions
Date:10/16/2007

- Isis will own 18 percent of Altair and will receive milestones and

royalties on antisense drugs developed by Altair

- Altair to conduct clinical development of ISIS 369645 for asthma

CARLSBAD, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISIS) and Thomas, McNerney & Partners, LLC, announced today that Altair Therapeutics Inc., a new venture capital-funded biotechnology company, has been created to focus on the discovery, development and commercialization of Isis' antisense drugs to treat asthma and other respiratory conditions. Isis has granted an exclusive worldwide license to Altair for the development and commercialization of ISIS 369645, an inhaled inhibitor of the IL-4/IL-13 signaling pathways for the treatment of asthma. Isis and Altair will also be collaborating to discover drugs directed to other promising targets for the treatment of respiratory conditions. Isis will own 18 percent of Altair in the form of preferred stock. Furthermore, as ISIS 369645 and other drugs arising out of the research collaboration progress, Altair will pay Isis development milestones and royalties.

"Altair is assembling a focused team of experts in both antisense drug discovery and development and respiratory conditions to advance antisense drugs, including ISIS 369645," said Jeff Jonas, M.D., Executive Vice President of Isis. "Our robust antisense technology allows us to continue to discover and validate many more drug candidates than we can advance ourselves. Altair is the most recent example of our satellite company strategy; through this strategy we expand therapeutic applications for antisense drugs while focusing our internal resources in
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