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Vir Biotechnology Inc

Vir Biotechnology, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops therapeutic products to treat and prevent serious infectious diseases in the United States and internationally. Its clinical pipeline includes investigational therapies targeting hepatitis delta virus (HDV) and other solid tumors. Preclinical candidates include influenza A and B antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, coronavirus monoclonal antibodies, and PRO-XTEN, a dual-masked TCE targeting a variety of solid tumors. The company has collaborations and license agreements with Astellas, Norgine, the Gates Foundation, Brii Biosciences, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, The Rockefeller University, Xencor, and GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals. Vir Biotechnology was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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Vir Biotechnology expects ECLIPSE 1 top-line data in Q4 2026 and projects cash runway into second half of 2028

Vir Biotechnology announced that top-line data from its ECLIPSE 1 study in hepatitis delta will be reported in the fourth quarter of 2026, with readouts from ECLIPSE 2 and ECLIPSE 3 following in the first quarter of 2027. The company completed enrollment in ECLIPSE 2 during the second quarter and has now finished enrollment across all three registrational ECLIPSE studies. Vir ended the quarter with approximately $1.01 billion in cash, cash equivalents and investments, an increase of $198.5 million, and projects its cash runway into the second half of 2028. License and collaboration revenue was $238.9 million, largely tied to an upfront payment from Astellas, and net income was $80.1 million. The company also highlighted progress in its oncology program, with VIR-5500 advancing through multiple expansion cohorts and a goal to initiate Phase III registrational trials next year.
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VIR · Capital · Positive Cash runway extended into 2028 and net income positive, with ECLIPSE data timelines set.
4503.JP · Capital · Positive Upfront payment from Astellas contributed to Vir's revenue, indicating collaboration progress.
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