ARCALIS
ARCALIS is a contract development and manufacturing organization (“CDMO”) for messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines and therapeutics. The company was jointly established by Axcelead, Inc. (now ARCALIS Holdings) the first drug discovery platform company in Japan, and Arcturus Therapeutics, a US-based, global, late-stage clinical mRNA medicines company. mRNA is a new therapeutic and vaccine modality that was only recently commercialized in the wake of the Coronavirus infection, but the challenge toward practical application has been ongoing since the 1990s. Research and development of mRNA have begun targeting not only infectious diseases, but also therapeutics and vaccines for various applications, such as rare diseases, cancer, regenerative medicine, and genome editing.The company provides drug discovery support, CMC development, and manufacturing support services for mRNA therapeutics and vaccines to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. These services are backed by expertise accumulated in Arcturus in the fields of manufacturing technologies.
