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Arcturus's Differentiated RNA Technology Faces First Clinical Test In 2017

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Emerging Company Profile: San Diego-based Arcturus Therapeutics has developed technology for the targeted delivery of RNA therapeutics, which Johnson & Johnson's Janssen subsidiary will evaluate for the first time in humans in a clinical trial starting as early as this year for the partners' hepatitis B drug candidate.

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Arcturus Therapeutics Inc. has funded its platform for the targeted delivery of therapeutic RNAs through a combination of private equity and collaboration fees, and may see its platform tested in humans for the first time later this year by the company's partner Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Arcturus has a multi-faceted relationship with Janssen and its parent company Johnson & Johnson, which began when the firm was a tenant at the big pharma's JLabs incubator in...

Arcturus Therapeutics

Location: San Diego, California

R&D Focus: Targeted delivery of RNA therapeutics

Disease Areas: Rare diseases, including OTC deficiency and cystic fibrosis

Founding Date: 2013

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