Deal Watch: Vertex Calls On CRISPR Yet Again, Now To Collaborate On Type 1 Diabetes

Evotec, BMS Neurodegeneration Deal Expands To $4bn In Total Value

Vertex and CRISPR look beyond beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease. Also, Bicycle gets $50m up front in Novartis deal, Regeneron commits $75m initially under a Treg collaboration with Sonoma, and Jounce gets a better deal from Concentra to wave off Redx merger.

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Already partnered on beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease (SCD), Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated and CRISPR Therapeutics AG revealed on 27 March that they are teaming up again, this...

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