As one of six companies with rights to out-license CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology, ERS Genomics Ltd. has completed 45 such deals so far, with most of the licenses taken by biopharmaceutical companies. ERS CEO Eric Rhodes told Scrip that while his company also makes deals outside of human life science applications, to date more than 90% of its licenses have gone to the biopharma industry.
ERS Genomics Completes 45 CRISPR Licensing Deals To Date, Largely For Screening, Discovery
Despite being ineligible to license its CRISPR technology for human gene and cell therapy applications, ERS is doing considerable business with biopharmas for internal R&D projects.
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