About Arcturus Therapeutics Inc
A messenger RNA medicines company focused on the development of liver and respiratory rare disease therapeutics
- Industry
- Biotechnology Research
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- San Diego, California
- Founded
- 2013
- Company type
- Public Company
- Company profile name
- Arcturus Therapeutics
Founded in 2013 and based in San Diego, California, Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: ARCT) is a messenger RNA medicines company focused on the development of liver and respiratory rare disease therapeutics 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 with CSL Seqirus, U.S. BARDA for pandemic flu 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 cystic fibrosis (CF) and ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency 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 (siRNA), 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 www.ArcturusRx.com. Please connect with us on X and LinkedIn.
Specialties
- mRNA
- Lipid-Mediated Delivery
- Rare Diseases
- OTC Deficiency
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Vaccines
- Therapeutics
- HBV
- Coronavirus
- COVID-19
- Lipids
- LUNAR
- STARR
- Innovation
- Discovery
- Leadership
- Partnerships
- RNA
- Development
- mRNA medicine
- and Glycogen Storage disease
Company locations
10285 Science Center Dr, San Diego, California 92121, US
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Business areas
- Health Care
- Biotechnology
- Genetics
- Medical
- Therapeutics
- Biotech & Pharmaceuticals
- Pharmaceutical and biotechnology
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- Followers
- 20,339
- People linked to this company
- 156
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Funding raised
489,580,050 USD
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