Akcea Therapeutics
Waylivra (volanesorsen), an antisense oligonucleotide therapeutic for familial chylomicronemia syndrome
- Sector
- Biotech
- Headquarters
- CAMBRIDGE, MA
- Founded
- 2015
- Latest Form D
- $543M, Jan 2016
- Total capital
- $543M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $543M
- 1 Form D · last Jan 2016
- 130 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- $129K
- 1 award · Veterans Affairs
- Rank in Biotech#319 of 4373
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractVeterans Affairs · Inotersen 284MG/1.5ML$129K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$543M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- B. LYNNE PARSHALLDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- ELIZABETH L. HOUGENExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- JEFFREY L. GOLDBERGExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- PATRICK L. O'NEILExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- PAULA LYNNE SOTEROPOULOSExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- STANLEY T. CROOKEExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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