Editas: Positive Safety and Efficacy Data for Sickle Cell Therapy

 EDIT-301 was well-tolerated and demonstrated a safety profile consistent with myeloablative conditioning with busulfan and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant

Both patients treated with EDIT-301 successfully engrafted and are free of vaso-occlusive events during the follow-up period

First patient treated has a total hemoglobin level of 16.4 g/dL and 45.4% fetal hemoglobin five months after treatment with EDIT-301

Company to host a webinar today at 8:00 a.m. ET

Editas Medicine will host a webinar today, Tuesday, December 6, at 8:00 a.m. ET to present the data. The live and archived webcast of the presentation will be accessible through this webcast link, or through the Events & Presentations page of the “Investors” section of the Company’s website. The presentation will also be available for download shortly after the webinar.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/editas-medicine-announces-positive-safety-113000691.html