CARLSBAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS) partner GSK today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Hibsago (bepirovirsen) for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus infection in combination with nucleos(t)ide analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NrtI) therapy in adult patients without cirrhosis, receiving NrtI therapy for at least 6 months, who have suppressed HBV deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and with hepatitis