Watts, Gerald F. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2276-1524
Scott, Russell
Sullivan, David
Baker, John https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4307-6748
Clifton, Peter
Hamilton, James
Given, Bruce
Melquist, Stacey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2974-9635
Zhou, Rong
Gaudet, Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5185-3666
Goldberg, Ira J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8701-2201
Knowles, Joshua W. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1922-7240
Leeper, Nicholas J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0905-2806
Hegele, Robert A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2861-5325
Ballantyne, Christie M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6432-1730
Funding for this research was provided by:
This study was sponsored by Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals.
Article History
Received: 2 July 2025
Accepted: 24 February 2026
First Online: 7 April 2026
Competing interests
: G.F.W. reports travel support from Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals and an institutional grant/contract from Novartis. D.S. reports honoraria from Regeneron, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Amarin, Esperion, Novartis and Sanofi for serving on advisory boards. J.H., B.G., S.M. and R.Z. are Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals employees and shareholders. D.G. reports grants and/or contracts from 89 bio, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc., Inversago Pharma, Merck, New Amsterdam Pharma, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. and Verve Therapeutics; research grants to ECOGENE-21 from Amgen, Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd, Applied Therapeutics, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, DalCor Pharmaceuticals, Eli Lilly and Company, Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., National Research Council Canada, Novo Nordisk, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Medicines Company and uniQure Biopharma B.V.; and consulting for Amgen, Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, CRISPR Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Flagship Pioneering, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Medison Pharma, Novartis, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. and Verve Therapeutics. I.J.G. reports being a consultant for Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals and Ionis. N.J.L. has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association and the Greathouse Foundation; he is cofounder and board director of Bitterroot Bio; and consultant for Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Regeneron, MingSight Pharmaceuticals and Janssen. R.A.H. reports consulting for Acasti, Akcea Therapeutics, Inc., Amgen Canada, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, HLS Therapeutics Inc., Ionis, Medison, Novartis, Pfizer, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi Pasteur Biologics LLC, Theratech and Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc., as well as past consulting for Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (prior to 2020). C.M.B. reports grants and/or consultant fees from Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals during the conduct of the study; grants from Amgen, Ionis, Lilly, Merck, New Amsterdam and Novo Nordisk; and consultant fees from Ionis, Amgen, Lilly, Merck, New Amsterdam, Novo Nordisk, Amarin, Pfizer, Abbott Diagnostics, AstraZeneca, Denka Seiken, Genentech, Roche Diagnostics and Sanofi-Synthélabo. The other authors declare no competing interests.