Editas, Vertex in License Agreement for Cas9

 Vertex Pharmaceuticals to obtain a non-exclusive license for Cas9 for CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel)

Agreement extends Editas Medicine’s cash runway into 2026

Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), a clinical-stage genome editing company, today announced that the Company and Vertex Pharmaceuticals entered into a license agreement. Under terms of the agreement, Vertex will obtain a non-exclusive license for Editas Medicine’s Cas9 gene editing technology for ex vivo gene editing medicines targeting the BCL11A gene in the fields of sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia, including CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel). This agreement extends Editas Medicine’s cash runway into 2026.

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/12/13/2795602/0/en/Editas-Medicine-and-Vertex-Pharmaceuticals-Enter-into-Non-exclusive-License-Agreement-for-Cas9.html