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ARQT FDA Decision Approved · 2025-10-06

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Price into the decision (T-120)

PDUFA 10/6/25$21.25$12.944/21/25
Daily close, T-120 (4/21/25) through T+5. Run-up high $21.25 on 10/2/25, low $12.94 on 4/21/25 (T-120 to T-1). FDA decision 10/6/25. Historical price action, not a forecast.
Positioning before the decision
On Sep 22, 2025, 14 days before the decision date, at-the-money options priced a move of ±12.3% through Oct 17, 2025 (the first listed expiry after the decision; ATM implied volatility 59%). The stock closed -0.8% at the first close across the decision and +0.7% five trading days on. A straddle priced weeks out covers ordinary movement plus the event, so this is the move the options market priced through that expiry, not the event-implied move alone. How this compares across 1,000+ decisions.

Decision facts

FDA decision date2025-10-06
DrugZORYVE (roflumilast) Cream 0.05%
IndicationAtopic Dermatitis - ages of 2-5 years old
Outcome✓ Approvedprimary-sourced
Decision-day move-0.8%
T-120 run-up (low→high)+60.0% ($13.26→$21.25)
Market-cap tierMid
Cohort decision-day move (history)2.3% median (n=251)

Cohort move is the historical median absolute decision-day move for this market-cap tier across our run-up study. History, not a prediction.

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Specialist biotech funds holding ARQT, 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2026

FundSharesValue at quarter endFiling
OrbiMed Advisors2,042,000$53.5 millionfiled August 14, 2026
Cormorant Asset Management175,000$4.6 millionfiled August 14, 2026

13F reports list long positions in common stock at quarter end, are due 45 days later, and show no short positions or later trades. Notes, warrants and other instruments are not counted as shares.

Questions

Was ZORYVE (roflumilast) Cream 0.05% approved by the FDA?

Yes. The FDA approved the application for ZORYVE (roflumilast) Cream 0.05% on October 4, 2025, per the FDA's own record. The company announced it on October 6, 2025. The primary source is linked on this page.

What was ZORYVE (roflumilast) Cream 0.05% under FDA review for?

The application covered Atopic Dermatitis - ages of 2-5 years old. The FDA approved the application on October 6, 2025.

How did ARQT stock react to the FDA decision?

On the decision day ARQT moved -0.8%. That is the recorded reaction to this specific event. Historical measurement, not a prediction, and not investment advice.