Vertex will pay CRISPR Therapeutics $100m up-front for non-exclusive rights to its technology with the goal of developing a certain type of therapy for diabetes.
The extremely high costs of gene therapies are unsustainable, and a global commitment to affordable, equitable access to these treatments is urgently needed, concluded the organising committee of a conference on human genome editing.
After voluntarily pausing a phase 1/2 trial due to safety concerns in January 2023, the gene edited cell therapy firm Graphite Bio has discontinued the development of nulabeglogene autogedtemcel (nula-cel), its lead candidate cell therapy for sickle cell...
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated the marketing authorization application of Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics for exa-cel.
Locus Biosciences says the US$35m in funding it has raised from a mix of old and new investors is further validation of its novel approach to treating bacterial diseases.
Mission Bio says it is paving the way for the routine use of its technology in clinical trials on materials to support the next wave of life-saving CGT treatments.
Boston-based company, Vertex, has signed a deal to use Arbor Biotechnologies’ CRISPR gene-editing technology to develop novel cell therapies for the treatment of serious diseases.
Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) experts shared research findings in plenary talks during the American Association for Cancer Research’s (AACR) virtual meeting last week, with one talk reviewing the latest strategies for boosting the effectiveness of CAR...
Locus Biosciences says the results of its early stage clinical trial for CRISPR-enhanced bacteriophage therapy shows its precision medicine asset is safe and well tolerated.
AbbVie and Caribou Biosciences have entered into a collaboration and license agreement for the research and development of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapeutics.
Three studies, which are being presented during the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, report promising results in the use of cutting-edge genome editing and cellular therapies for hard-to-treat blood disorders and...
ERS Genomics, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-owned by the one of the joint 2020 Nobel Prize winners for Chemistry, Dr Emmanuelle Charpentier, has granted a non-exclusive license agreement...
The use of CRISPR, the genetic scissors that allow scientists to edit the instruction manual of life, DNA, has drawn massive global attention over the last several years.
As MilliporeSigma expands its patent portfolio for its genome editing technology, the company’s head of strategy discusses how CRISPR is changing the bioproduction landscape.
The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine released a ‘Statement of Principles’ on gene editing, as controversy over the technology’s potential rumbles on.
As technology has advanced, rare diseases have been met with therapies that target the cause of the condition, enabling the global market for orphan drugs to reach an expected $262bn by 2024.
The WHO establishes a multi-disciplinary committee to advise on the ethical and scientific challenges of human genome editing, as the technology’s capability and utilization grows in the industry.
Oxford Genetics and Sphere Fluidics to partner, alongside additional biopharma organizations, to develop automated systems for high-throughput gene editing in mammalian cell lines.
