Codexis Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results
Q4 revenue of $38.9 million, total revenue of $70.4 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Ended year with $78.2 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, runway through 2027
Completed $37.8 million Technology Transfer Agreement with Merck
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Codexis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDXS), a leading provider of enzymatic solutions for efficient and scalable manufacturing of complex therapeutics, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2025, and provided a business update.
“Throughout 2025, we made significant strides in demonstrating the importance of our ECO Synthesis ® Manufacturing Platform to customers in the RNAi industry. We’ve secured multiple contracts with leading pharma, high growth biotech, and top tier CDMOs, underscoring the commercial potential of our platform,” said Alison Moore, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer at Codexis. “We achieved many technological advancements this year, including producing a 10 g siRNA batch utilizing our fully enzymatic synthesis process, as well as a 3 kg siRNA batch from one of our customers utilizing our ligase product. As we look to the year ahead, we are focused on demonstrating the value of our technology to our customers through expanded partnerships, and continuing our history of innovation in oligonucleotide manufacturing.”
Recent Business Highlights
Upcoming Milestones
Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Highlights
Fourth Quarter 2025 Financial Highlights
2026 Financial Guidance
We are introducing financial guidance for 2026, as follows:
Conference Call and Webcast
Codexis will hold a conference call and webcast today beginning at 4:30 pm ET. A live webcast and slide presentation to accompany the conference call will be available on the Investors section of the Company website at www.codexis.com/investors. The conference call dial-in numbers are 877-705-2976 for domestic callers and 201-689-8798 for international callers.
A telephone recording of the call will be available for 48 hours beginning approximately two hours after the completion of the call by dialing 877-660-6853 for domestic callers or 201-612-7415 for international callers. Please use the passcode 13726635 to access the recording. A webcast replay will be available on the Investors section of the Company website for at least 90 days, beginning approximately two hours after the completion of the call.
About Codexis
Codexis is a leading provider of enzymatic solutions for efficient and scalable therapeutics manufacturing, leveraging its proprietary CodeEvolver ® technology platform to discover, develop and enhance novel, high-performance enzymes. Codexis enzymes solve for real-world challenges associated with small molecule pharmaceuticals manufacturing and nucleic acid synthesis. The Company is currently developing its proprietary ECO Synthesis ® manufacturing platform to enable the scaled manufacture of RNAi therapeutics through an enzymatic route. Codexis’ unique enzymes can drive improvements such as higher yields, reduced energy usage and waste generation, improved efficiency in manufacturing and greater sensitivity in genomic and diagnostic applications. For more information, visit https://www.codexis.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Investor Contact
Georgia Erbez
(650) 421-8100
ir@codexis.com