Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company developing transformative cell and exosome-based therapeutics for the treatment and prevention of rare diseases. The Company's program focuses on the development and commercialization of a cell therapy technology comprised of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Its lead product candidate, Deramiocel (also referred to as CAP-1002), is an allogeneic cardiac-derived cell therapy. The clinical development program for Deramiocel has focused primarily on adolescents and young adults with DMD, including many patients who are non-ambulatory and experiencing progressive cardiac and skeletal muscle decline. Its StealthX exosome platform program consists of engineered exosomes for vaccine and therapeutic development. The StealthX vaccine is a proprietary vaccine developed internally utilizing exosomes that were engineered to express either spike or nucleocapsid proteins on the surface.