Capricor Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of biological therapies for the treatment of diseases, with a focus on Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and other rare disorders. The company’s development stage drug candidates for cardiosphere-derived cells include CAP-1002, a cardiac cell derived therapy, which is in phase II clinical trial for the treatment of patients with late-stage DMD; and completed various trials investigating the use of CAP-1002 for the treatment of cardiac conditions, including heart failure and post myocardial infarction with cardiac dysfunction. It is also developing CAP-2003 that is in pre-clinical development for the treatment of inflammatory conditions. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.