Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Reports Fiscal 2019 First Quarter Results

On February 7, 2019 Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) reported financial results for its fiscal 2019 first quarter ended December 31, 2018 (Press release, Arrowhead Research Corporation, FEB 7, 2019, View Source [SID1234533173]). The company is hosting a conference call at 4:30 p.m. EST to discuss results.

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Conference Call and Webcast Details

Investors may access a live audio webcast on the Company’s website at View Source For analysts that wish to participate in the conference call, please dial 855-215-6159 or 315-625-6887 and provide Conference ID 3194897.

A replay of the webcast will be available on the company’s website approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and will remain available for 90 days. An audio replay will also be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and will be available for 3 days. To access the audio replay, dial 855-859-2056 or 404-537-3406 and provide Conference ID 3194897.

Selected Fiscal 2019 First Quarter and Recent Events

Signed a license agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., part of the Janssen Pharmaceuticals Companies of Johnson & Johnson, for ARO-HBV (now JNJ-3989) and a collaboration agreement for up to three RNAi therapeutic candidates that use our proprietary TRiMTM platform against new targets to be selected by Janssen

The total potential deal value is approximately $3.7 billion plus royalties on commercial sales

Received $175 million as an upfront payment and received $75 million in the form of an equity investment by Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., at a price of $23.00 per share of Arrowhead common stock

Presented clinical data on ARO-AAT at the AASLD Liver Meeting 2018 demonstrating:

Three monthly doses of 300 mg ARO-AAT led to reductions in serum alpha-1 antitrypsin to below the level of quantitation in 100% of subjects

Reductions were sustained for greater than 14 weeks indicating that quarterly or less frequent dosing appears feasible

Single and multiple doses of ARO-AAT appeared to be well-tolerated at all doses tested

Presented clinical data on ARO-HBV (now JNJ-3989) at the AASLD Liver Meeting 2018 demonstrating:

Mean HBsAg reduction of -1.9 Log10 (-98.7%) with a range of -1.3 Log10 (-95.0%) to -3.8 Log10 (-99.98%)

ARO-HBV (now JNJ-3989) appeared to be well-tolerated at monthly doses up to 400 mg

Hosted an R&D Day in October 2018 to discuss in more detail our emerging pipeline of RNAi therapeutics that leverage the TRiMTM platform

Began dosing in a Phase 1 single and multiple dose study of ARO-ANG3, a subcutaneously administered RNAi therapeutic targeting angiopoietin like protein 3, being developed as a potential treatment for patients with dyslipidemias and metabolic diseases

Filed for regulatory clearance to begin a Phase 1 study of ARO-APOC3, a subcutaneously administered RNAi therapeutic targeting apolipoprotein C-III, being developed as a potential treatment for patients with hypertriglyceridemia