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Business Wire
22-04-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Arcturus Therapeutics to Report First Quarter Financial Results and Provide Corporate Update on May 12, 2025
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (the 'Company', 'Arcturus', Nasdaq: ARCT), a commercial messenger RNA medicines company focused on the development of infectious disease vaccines and opportunities within liver and respiratory rare diseases, today announced that it will release its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 after the market close on Monday, May 12 and will also host a conference call and webcast at 4:30 pm Eastern Time on May 12, 2025. Arcturus Therapeutics First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call Domestic: 1-800-267-6316 International: 1-203-518-9783 Conference ID: ARCTURUS Webcast: Link About Arcturus Founded in 2013 and based in San Diego, California, Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: ARCT) is a commercial mRNA medicines and vaccines company with enabling technologies: (i) LUNAR® lipid-mediated delivery, (ii) STARR® mRNA technology (sa-mRNA) and (iii) mRNA drug substance along with drug product manufacturing expertise. Arcturus developed KOSTAIVE®, the first self-amplifying messenger RNA (sa-mRNA) COVID vaccine in the world to be approved. Arcturus has an ongoing global collaboration for innovative mRNA vaccines with CSL Seqirus, and a joint venture in Japan, ARCALIS, focused on the manufacture of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics. Arcturus' pipeline includes RNA therapeutic candidates to potentially treat ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency and cystic fibrosis (CF), along with its partnered mRNA vaccine programs for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and influenza. Arcturus' versatile RNA therapeutics platforms can be applied toward multiple types of nucleic acid medicines including messenger RNA, small interfering RNA, circular RNA, antisense RNA, self-amplifying RNA, DNA, and gene editing therapeutics. Arcturus' technologies are covered by its extensive patent portfolio (over 500 patents and patent applications in the U.S., Europe, Japan, China, and other countries). For more information, visit In addition, please connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Meiji Seika Pharma Receives Approval for Adding Domestic Manufacturing Sites in Japan for KOSTAIVE®, a Self-amplifying mRNA Vaccine Against COVID-19
TOKYO, January 31, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan, President and Representative Director: Daikichiro Kobayashi) announced today that it has received approval for a partial amendment to the manufacturing and marketing approval of "KOSTAIVE® for Intramuscular Injection," a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine for protection against COVID-19, to include domestic manufacturing sites in Japan. Meiji Seika Pharma and ARCALIS Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minami-soma City, Fukushima Prefecture; President: Satoshi Takamatsu) have been working together to establish an infrastructure that enables the integrated production of pharmaceuticals, from active ingredients to final products, within Japan. With this approval, ARCALIS's Minami-soma facilities and Meiji Seika Pharmatech Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Meiji Seika Pharma, have been added as manufacturing sites. The technology transfer was managed and implemented by CSL Seqirus, the global licensor of KOSTAIVE®. As a result, domestically produced products, with active pharmaceutical ingredients manufactured at ARCALIS's Minami-soma facilities and formulated at Meiji Seika Pharmatech, are now able to be shipped for commercial use in Japan. "We are pleased with the approval of domestic manufacturing sites in Japan for KOSTAIVE®," said Dr. Pad Chivukula, COO of Arcturus Therapeutics. "As a joint venture partner with ARCALIS, Arcturus is delighted to support this effort through the continued transfer of our next-generation technologies, including LUNAR® lipid nanoparticle formulation processes and STARR® sa-mRNA drug substance manufacturing." About sa-mRNA mRNA vaccines help protect against infectious diseases by providing a blueprint for cells in the body to make a protein to help our immune systems recognize and fight the disease. Unlike standard mRNA vaccines, self-amplifying mRNA vaccines instruct the body to make more mRNA and protein to boost the immune response. About Meiji Seika Pharma Meiji Seika Pharma, since it launched penicillin in 1946, has been providing efficacious and high-quality pharmaceutical products including therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, therapeutics for central nervous system diseases and generic drugs, to meet various medical needs. ( About Arcturus Therapeutics Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc., founded in 2013, is a commercial mRNA Medicines and vaccines Company focused on the development of infectious disease vaccines and opportunities within liver and respiratory rare diseases. ( About CSL Seqirus CSL Seqirus, a subsidiary of CSL Limited, is one of the world's largest suppliers of influenza vaccines. The company has state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in the U.S., U.K., and Australia, and leading research and development capabilities. ( About ARCALIS ARCALIS, Inc. is a joint venture company between Axcelead Inc. and Arcturus Therapeutics Inc., which owns a group of world-class drug-discovery and healthcare platform companies. The company provides drug discovery support, as well as a contract development and manufacturing business (CDMO business), for mRNA medicines and vaccines. ( View source version on Contacts Meiji Seika PharmaPublic RelationsSayoko Tagapr-pharma@ Arcturus TherapeuticsPublic Relations & Investor RelationsNeda SafarzadehVP, Head of IR/PR/Marketing(858) 900-2682IR@ Sign in to access your portfolio
