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Subsequent Events
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events SUBSEQUENT EVENTSVisirna
On August 1, 2025, Visirna Therapeutics HK Limited (“Visirna HK”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Visirna Therapeutics, Inc, a majority owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”) with Genzyme Corporation (“Sanofi”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sanofi S.A., pursuant to which Visirna HK sold all of its assets and rights in investigational plozasiran to Sanofi, which included an assignment of Visirna HK’s rights (as successor by assignment from Visirna) to develop and commercialize investigational plozasiran in Greater China pursuant to that certain License Agreement by and between the Company and Visirna dated, April 25, 2022 (the “Visirna License Agreement”). The Asset Purchase Agreement is scheduled to close during the second half of the
year.
In connection with the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company consented to the partial assignment of the Visirna License Agreement by Visirna HK to Sanofi (as so assigned, the “Sanofi License Agreement”), amongst other agreements between the Company and Visirna, effective as of the closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement. After giving effect to the Asset Purchase Agreement, Visirna HK retains rights to develop and commercialize in Greater China three other cardiometabolic drugs licensed to it pursuant to the Visirna License Agreement.

Upon closing of the Asset Purchase Agreement, Visirna will receive an upfront payment of $130.0 million from Sanofi and is eligible to receive further milestone payments of up to $265.0 million upon approval of plozasiran across various indications in mainland China. The Company is also eligible to receive royalties from Sanofi on net commercial product sales in Greater China under the Sanofi License Agreement.

Sarepta DM1 Milestone

On July 27, 2025, the Company triggered a $100.0 million milestone payment from Sarepta. The Company reached the first of two prespecified enrollment targets and subsequent authorization to dose escalate in a Phase 1/2 clinical study of ARO-DM1, an investigational RNAi therapeutic for treatment of type 1 myotonic dystrophy (DM1), as outlined in the Sarepta Collaboration Agreement, triggering the milestone. The Company is eligible to receive up to an additional $200.0 million in near-term milestone payments associated with the continued enrollment of certain cohorts of a Phase 1/2 study of ARO-DM1.