IONS
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IONS is the stock ticker symbol for Ionis Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company specializing in RNA-targeted drug discovery and development.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IONS canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1169591 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IONS Context triple: [Ionis Pharmaceuticals, tickerSymbol, IONS]
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A.
It
It is a 1986 horror novel by Stephen King about a shape-shifting entity that terrorizes children in the town of Derry, Maine.
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B.
IN
IN is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing India in international standards and systems.
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If
"If" is a 1993 Janet Jackson song known for its fusion of R&B, rock, and industrial sounds, sexually assertive lyrics, and innovative, high-energy choreography in its music video.
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D.
IS
IS is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Iceland in international standards and systems.
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E.
DIS
DIS is the stock ticker symbol for The Walt Disney Company, a major global entertainment and media conglomerate traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IONS Target entity description: IONS is the stock ticker symbol for Ionis Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company specializing in RNA-targeted drug discovery and development.
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A.
It
It is a 1986 horror novel by Stephen King about a shape-shifting entity that terrorizes children in the town of Derry, Maine.
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B.
IN
IN is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing India in international standards and systems.
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C.
If
"If" is a 1993 Janet Jackson song known for its fusion of R&B, rock, and industrial sounds, sexually assertive lyrics, and innovative, high-energy choreography in its music video.
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D.
IS
IS is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Iceland in international standards and systems.
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E.
DIS
DIS is the stock ticker symbol for The Walt Disney Company, a major global entertainment and media conglomerate traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biotechnology company
ⓘ
person ⓘ stock ticker symbol ⓘ |
| businessModel | research, development and commercialization of RNA-targeted therapeutics ⓘ |
| collaborationType | strategic partnerships with larger pharmaceutical companies ⓘ |
| coreTechnology | antisense technology ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryOfExchange |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currency |
USD
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| drugDiscoveryApproach | RNA-targeted therapeutics ⓘ |
| exchange | Nasdaq Global Select Market ⓘ |
| focus | antisense oligonucleotide therapeutics ⓘ |
| formerName |
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
|
| foundedBy | Stanley T. Crooke ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Carlsbad, California, United States ⓘ |
| industry | biotechnology ⓘ |
| issuer |
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
|
| listedOn |
Nasdaq
ⓘ
linked to:
NASDAQ
|
| nameChangeReason | avoid association with the extremist group ISIS ⓘ |
| notableModality | antisense oligonucleotides ⓘ |
| primaryListing | IONS ⓘ |
| publicCompany | true ⓘ |
| represents |
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Ionis Pharmaceuticals
|
| researchArea |
cardiovascular diseases
ⓘ
metabolic diseases ⓘ neurological diseases ⓘ rare diseases ⓘ |
| securityType | common stock ⓘ |
| specialization |
RNA-targeted drug development
ⓘ
RNA-targeted drug discovery ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | IONS ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IONS Description of subject: IONS is the stock ticker symbol for Ionis Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company specializing in RNA-targeted drug discovery and development.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.