Arrowhead Research Changes Name to Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

On April 6, 2016 Arrowhead Research Corporation (NASDAQ:ARWR) reported that it has changed its corporate name to Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc (Press release, Arrowhead Research Corporation, APR 6, 2016, View Source [SID:1234510482]). The company’s common stock will continue to trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the existing stock ticker symbol, ARWR. These shares have been assigned a new CUSIP number of 04280A100. Holders of stock certificates with the prior corporate name, need not take any action.

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As part of this name change, the company has also launched a new corporate website at www.arrowheadpharma.com and a new Twitter handle @ArrowheadPharma.

Chris Anzalone, Ph.D., president and CEO of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, said: "Now is the time to acknowledge that our key priorities are increasingly focused on advancing products through clinical development to bring innovative new medicines to patients. The name Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is more consistent with our stage of development as a company and reflects the great progress we’re making on our broad pipeline of RNAi-based drugs."