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LJPC vs MRNA
Side-by-side comparison of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (LJPC) and Moderna Inc. (MRNA): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both LJPC and MRNA operate in Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances) (Health Care), so they compete in similar markets.
- MRNA is the larger of the two at $18.82B, about 156.9x LJPC ($120.0M).
- MRNA has hit the wire 12 times in the past 4 weeks while LJPC has been quiet.
- MRNA has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for LJPC).
- Company
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
- Moderna Inc.
- Price
- $6.22+0.24%
- $47.19-0.47%
- Market cap
- $120.0M
- $18.82B
- 1M return
- -
- -2.85%
- 1Y return
- -
- +67.74%
- Industry
- Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)
- Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- 1994
- 2018
- News (4w)
- 0
- 12
- Recent ratings
- 0
- 25
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company engages in the development and commercialization of therapies that improve outcomes in patients suffering from life-threatening diseases. The company offers GIAPREZA, a vasoconstrictor indicated to increase blood pressure in adults with septic or other distributive shock; and XERAVA, a tetracycline class antibacterial indicated for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections in patients 18 years of age and older. It offers GIAPREZA and XERAVA to hospitals and other healthcare organizations in the United States. Its product candidates that are in early stage clinical or preclinical development include TP-6076, an IV formulation of a fully synthetic fluorocycline derivative for the treatment of certain multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria; TP-271, an IV and oral formulation of a fully synthetic fluorocycline for the treatment of respiratory disease caused by bacterial biothreat and antibiotic-resistant public health pathogens, as well as bacterial pathogens associated with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia; and TP-2846, an IV formulation of a tetracycline for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia. The company was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Moderna Inc.
Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops therapeutics and vaccines based on messenger RNA for the treatment of infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and auto-immune diseases. As of March 9, 2021, the company had 13 programs in clinical trials and a total of 24 development programs in six modalities comprising prophylactic vaccines, cancer vaccines, intratumoral immuno-oncology, localized regenerative therapeutics, systemic secreted and cell surface therapeutics, and systemic intracellular therapeutics. The company has strategic alliances with AstraZeneca PLC, Merck & Co., Inc., Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institutes of Health, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Moderna, Inc. also has collaborations with Lonza Ltd. for the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine; and Catalent Inc., Laboratorios Farmacéuticos Rovi, S.A., Recipharm, and Lonza Group for fill-finish manufacturing of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, as well as Aldevron, LLC for supporting COVID-19 vaccine and additional programs in company's clinical development pipeline. The company was formerly known as Moderna Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Moderna, Inc. in August 2018. Moderna, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Latest LJPC
- SEC Form 15-12G filed by La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
- SEC Form SC 13D/A filed by La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (Amendment)
- SEC Form SC 13D filed by La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
- SEC Form 4 filed by Rosen Robert
- SEC Form 4: Ramsay David A returned $623,000 worth of shares to the company (100,000 units at $6.23), closing all direct ownership in the company
- SEC Form 4 filed by Tang Kevin C
- SEC Form 4: Edwards Larry G. returned $74,567 worth of shares to the company (11,969 units at $6.23), closing all direct ownership in the company
- SEC Form 4 filed by Hearne Michael S
- SEC Form 4: Johnson Laura L. returned $3,115 worth of shares to the company (500 units at $6.23), closing all direct ownership in the company
- SEC Form 4: Johnson Craig A returned $74,760 worth of shares to the company (12,000 units at $6.23), closing all direct ownership in the company
Latest MRNA
- Chief Financial Officer Mock James M converted options into 2,475 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,197 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 59,594 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy tax liability
- Chief Legal Officer Klinger Shannon Thyme converted options into 2,165 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,047 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2% to 67,468 units (SEC Form 4) (tax withholding)
- President Hoge Stephen converted options into 9,282 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 4,488 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.32% to 1,483,848 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy tax liability
- Moderna to Present at Upcoming Conference in June 2026
- Moderna and Merck Present 5-Year Data for Intismeran Autogene in Combination With KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) in Patients With High-Risk Stage III/IV Melanoma Following Complete Resection at the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting
- Moderna and CEPI Expand Strategic Collaboration to Advance Potential Vaccine Against Bundibugyo Ebolavirus
- Chief Financial Officer Mock James M converted options into 1,101 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 533 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.98% to 58,316 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy tax liability
- Chief Legal Officer Klinger Shannon Thyme converted options into 1,101 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 533 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.86% to 66,350 units (SEC Form 4) (for tax liability)
- President Hoge Stephen converted options into 2,047 shares and covered exercise/tax liability with 990 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.07% to 1,479,054 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Director Afeyan Noubar exercised 9,263 shares at a strike of $19.15 and sold $433,879 worth of shares (9,263 units at $46.84) (SEC Form 4)