Vertex Gains In Vivo CRISPR Foothold With Mammoth Pact
Executive Summary
Deal Snapshot: The nearly $700m deal gives Vertex, already with a major foothold in CRISPR, access to Mammoth’s ultra-compact gene-editing technology in two diseases.
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