CRISPR Therapeutics President Sam Kulkarni On Business Development

CRISPR Therapeutics hopes its partnered lead program in sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia therapies will generate a product launch within the next four to five years.

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CRISPR Therapeutics sees a product launched in sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia by 2022 • Source: Shutterstock

One of the pioneers harnessing the CRISPR/Cas-9 to develop human therapeutics, Switzerland-based CRISPR Therapeutics AG is confident its lead program in sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia therapies will generate a product launch by 2022, and that the ongoing global patent wrangling over the technology won't get in the way of that objective.

CRISPR Therapeutics uses its proprietary CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing platform to develop gene-based medicines for curing serious diseases at the molecular level related to the hematopoietic system, the liver, and the musculoskeletal...

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