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Capricor Therapeutics

Market cap $523M 58.1M shares (10-Q, Aug 13, 2026) × $9.00 close Nov 6, 2026

Most recent annual filing: 2026-03-17

Catalyst timeline

1 trackedQuarter catalyst calendar →
  1. Deramiocel PDUFA dateNov 22, 2026Deramiocel PDUFA date, Nov 22, 2026, thesis-defining

Bar width shows how precise the guidance is — a pin is a stated date, a wide band a six-month window. Deeper blue means more of the thesis rides on the event; it is not a view on the stock.

Pipeline (2 active programs)

Technology platforms

StealthX

Engineered exosome platform for vaccine and therapeutic development; supports targeted RNA, protein, and small molecule delivery; focus areas include infectious diseases, monogenic diseases, and other indications

StealthX · Life Technologies Corporation

CDC-derived exosomes platform technology for therapeutic development; disease focus includes Duchenne muscular dystrophy and other diseases with high unmet medical needs

Capital (as filed)

Cash
$20.9M cash and cash equivalents · Jun 30, 2026 (10-Q)
Short-term investments
$217M Jun 30, 2026
Operating cash flow
−$31.5M quarter Mar 31, 2026 → Jun 30, 2026, year-to-date difference (10-Q)
As stated in coverage
$238M cash per the update of Oct 5, 2026 — the company's own words as read there, not the filed figure

Cash, investments and operating cash flow are the company's own XBRL facts as filed with the SEC, each shown with its period end and tag. As-stated figures come from the company's own words as read in Biotech Distilled coverage, dated, and routinely count securities and planned financing that a balance sheet does not. Offering rows are the SEC cover pages as filed. Not investment advice. Figures as of Nov 7, 2026.

Biotech Distilled coverage (12)

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Verdict history (12 calls)

Every verdict Biotech Distilled has published on Capricor Therapeutics, oldest first — the full history, never a selection. How calls are scored: the track record.

  1. Watch Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) — Scientific Deep Dive for Deramiocel and the StealthX Exosome Platform Real Phase 3 data and best-in-class safety profile collide with a re-review that already failed once and a commercial structure the company is suing to escape, stacking too many live binaries to commit capital.
  2. Watch UPDATE: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) — A Third Binary Lands on the Calendar An FDA Advisory Committee on July 29 adds a third public failure mode without removing either original binary, keeping the watch-list stance intact until upgrade triggers are met.
  3. Watch UPDATE: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) — Signing a 138-Month Lease Two Weeks Before AdCom Management's 138-month lease signals internal approval confidence, but the trinary of injunction, AdCom, and PDUFA remains intact and unresolved, keeping the watch-list stance unchanged.
  4. Watch UPDATE: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) — The FDA Showed Its Cards, and the Stock Lost Two-Thirds FDA briefing documents contest the statistical analysis plan underlying HOPE-3's primary endpoint, repricing approval odds toward a CRL; the watch-list stance holds as the asymmetry now runs in both directions but no upgrade triggers have been met.
  5. Watch UPDATE: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) — The Key Secondary Just Lost Its Star LVEF revised to p=0.09 on AdCom morning and a BIMO Form 483 weaken the cardiac story further, but the primary endpoint survived peer review; one of three upgrade triggers now met, watch-list maintained pending the panel outcome.
  6. Watch UPDATE: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) — 9-3 Against, and the Stock Falls Below Cash A 9-3 panel vote against effectiveness in DMD cardiomyopathy makes a CRL the modal outcome, but the stock trading below cash with a surviving skeletal primary endpoint creates asymmetry that keeps the watch-list stance rather than triggering an avoid.
  7. Speculative buy speculative UPDATE: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) — RA Capital Just Showed Up RA Capital crossing 5.2% during the briefing-document collapse retires the 'no conviction money' bear-case pillar; combined with a market cap below cash and PRV optionality, the risk/reward has shifted enough to open a starter speculative position.
  8. Speculative buy speculative UPDATE: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) — The Cash Cushion Got Thinner Nine Days Before PDUFA Cash fell to $237.9M with a $42.9M quarterly burn and the NS injunction was withdrawn to arbitration, but the speculative buy is maintained as the upgrade rationale remains intact with slightly thinner margin.
  9. Speculative buy speculative UPDATE: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) — The August 22 Binary Just Got Cancelled FDA agreed to review a BLA amendment with 24-month HOPE-3 extension data for a refined upper-limb indication, converting a near-certain CRL binary into a multi-month process; Tang Capital at 7.1% further retires the holder-base bear case.
  10. Speculative buy speculative UPDATE: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) — An Activist Kicks the Door In Kaos Capital's activist campaign validates the burn-rate concern and creates pressure for cash discipline and strategic alternatives, but the science and regulatory path are unchanged; speculative buy maintained.
  11. Speculative buy speculative UPDATE: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) — The New Date Is November 22 FDA formally accepted the BLA amendment and set November 22 as the new PDUFA for a refined upper-limb indication, improving risk shape but not odds; speculative buy maintained with dilution risk elevated.
  12. Speculative buy speculative UPDATE: Capricor Therapeutics (CAPR) - The Before-and-After Picture 24-month OLE data shows a 76% reduction in arm-function decline for crossover patients and no fading in the early-start arm, supporting durability of the primary endpoint, but the evidence remains uncontrolled and the November 22 binary is unchanged.

Every verdict Biotech Distilled has published on this company, in order, with the post it came from — the full history, never a selection. Position figures are the same ones shown on /track-record, computed by the same method. Editorial opinion, not investment advice.

Timing, in the company's words (2 quotes from 2 filings)

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Filings & releases (25)

SEC filings from EDGAR and press releases captured from the company's investor-relations site, newest first. Releases captured from Jul 27, 2026; filings from March 2026. Summaries come from the BD update that read the document; "BD extracted" counts point at the pipeline table above. All companies →

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