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Editas Medicine Raises $57M by Selling Future Payments From CRISPR Licensing Deal With Vertex Pharma
Editas will receive $57 million in upfront cash from DRI Healthcare Trust in exchange for certain future licensing fees and payments it is owed under an earlier deal with Vertex.
The NAM, NAS, and Royal Society have formed a commission to develop a framework on the proper use of genome editing, and convened its first meeting in Washington, DC, this week.
Editas Medicine Licenses New CRISPR Enzyme From Integrated DNA Technologies
Editas exclusively licensed the new enzyme, Alt-R Cas12a (Cpf1) Ultra, a mutant of Acidaminococcus sp. BV3L6 Cas12a (Cpf1), from IDT for therapeutic applications.
Early-access users have used IDT's rhAmpSeq technology to create genetic marker maps for plants and to validate off target events in gene editing.
Federal Court Hands Broad Institute Victory in CRISPR Patent Fight Against UC Berkeley
The court upheld a judgement of no interference-in-fact from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, leaving the Broad in control of key CRISPR IP.