BioBoyScout:
The next topic I covered with Vince was manufacturing. At Analyst Day, and prior to Analyst Day I heard a LOT of buzz about Arrowhead building a manufacturing facility in Madison, but there was no official news out there that I knew of. I told Vince that I'm hearing a lot of rumors about Arrowhead building or planning on building a manufacturing facility in Madison and if he had any news that he could share with me. Vince confirmed that Arrowhead is currently building a small-scale manufacturing facility in Madison. They leased out approximately 15,000 - 20,000 square feet from Roche right next door to Arrowhead's R&D facility. This facility is intended to be used for small clinical scale drug development (phase 1 - 3, and possibly for orphan drugs??). They are in the process of trying to get FDA validation of the facility. Arrowhead currently has no plans to develop a commercial scale manufacturing facility. As far as costs are concerned, Vince confirmed that Arrowhead is able to fund the development of this facility with their existing funds.
Conclusion: great to know that Arrowhead is investing in small-scale manufacturing without a capital raise. This shows Arrowhead's committment to growing in the clinic with uncommon speed.
finance.yahoo.com/quote/ARWR/community?p=ARWR
The next topic I covered with Vince was manufacturing. At Analyst Day, and prior to Analyst Day I heard a LOT of buzz about Arrowhead building a manufacturing facility in Madison, but there was no official news out there that I knew of. I told Vince that I'm hearing a lot of rumors about Arrowhead building or planning on building a manufacturing facility in Madison and if he had any news that he could share with me. Vince confirmed that Arrowhead is currently building a small-scale manufacturing facility in Madison. They leased out approximately 15,000 - 20,000 square feet from Roche right next door to Arrowhead's R&D facility. This facility is intended to be used for small clinical scale drug development (phase 1 - 3, and possibly for orphan drugs??). They are in the process of trying to get FDA validation of the facility. Arrowhead currently has no plans to develop a commercial scale manufacturing facility. As far as costs are concerned, Vince confirmed that Arrowhead is able to fund the development of this facility with their existing funds.
Conclusion: great to know that Arrowhead is investing in small-scale manufacturing without a capital raise. This shows Arrowhead's committment to growing in the clinic with uncommon speed.
finance.yahoo.com/quote/ARWR/community?p=ARWR
