Gene Editing Therapy Casgevy Now Funded In 8 Countries But French Access Withdrawn

The world’s first CRISPR gene editing therapy, Casgevy, has been made available to patients with sickle cell disease in England, adding to access arrangements in the US, Austria, Bahrain, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy and Saudi Arabia.

Casgevy is the first approved product to use CRISPR/Cas9 technology, which was identified as a gene editing tool in 2012. (Shutterstock)

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