Arrowhead Research Corp.
Description Arrowhead Research Corporation operates as a clinical stage therapeutics company. It has development programs in oncology, obesity, and chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The company assembles a set of technologies, including Dynamic Polyconjugate platform, a RNA delivery system that addresses multiple organ systems and cell types, promotes multi-log gene knockdown in rodents and non-human primates, and induces endosomal escape; and RONDEL, a RNA delivery system for systemic siRNA delivery, and RNAi-mediated mRNA and protein knockdown in human melanoma patients. It also offers Homing Peptides platform, a library of short peptides for the development of peptide-drug conjugates and companion diagnostics. The companys principal product candidates include Adipotide, an anti-obesity peptide, which is in Phase I clinical trial for disrupting the blood supply that supports unhealthy fat by the targeted induction of apoptosis (cell death) in the vasculature of adipose tissue; ARC-520, an RNAi-based therapeutic to treat chronic HBV infection; and CALAA-01, an RNAi-based therapeutic that has completed a Phase IB clinical trial, which targets solid tumors. Its products also comprise CRLX-101 for NSC lung cancer; and Tubulin Inhibitor for oncology. The company, formerly known as InterActive Group, Inc., was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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