By Elias Schisgall
Shares of Cartesian Therapeutics rose after the company reported 2025 revenue ahead of Wall Street expectations despite widening its loss for the year.
Shares were up 29% to $8.81 in Monday afternoon trading. The stock has fallen 51% over the past year.
The biotechnology company reported a full-year loss of $130.3 million, or $5.02 a share, compared with a loss of $77.4 million, or $4.49 a share, a year earlier.
Revenue fell to $2.8 million from $38.9 million. Collaboration and licensing revenue fell to $400,000 from $38.3 million, partially offset by a rise in grant revenues to $2.4 million from $638,000.
Analysts were expecting a loss of $2.35 a share and $2 million in revenue.
The company said it remains on track to deliver on its Phase 3 trial for Descartes-08, a T-cell therapy, to treat myasthenia gravis, a chronic autoimmune disease leading to muscle weakness.
It added that is working to a launch a Phase 2 trial for Descartes-08 to treat myositis, a form of chronic muscle inflammation, within the first half of the year.
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March 09, 2026 13:51 ET (17:51 GMT)
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