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Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics Announce Acceptance of Late-Breaking Abstract for CTX001™ at the 2022 Annual European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress
- Vertex announces three additional abstracts on the burden of beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease accepted for poster presentation – BOSTON & ZUG,
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n - Vertex announces three additional abstracts on the burden of beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease accepted for poster presentation –\n\n BOSTON & ZUG, Switzerland & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nVertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) and CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP) today announced new late-breaking clinical data accepted for oral presentation at the 2022 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress. Vertex also announced three abstracts accepted for poster presentation at EHA.\n\nLate-breaking abstract #LB2367 entitled “Efficacy and Safety of A Single Dose of CTX001 For Transfusion-Dependent Βeta-Thalassemia and Severe Sickle Cell Disease,” will be an oral presentation on Sunday, June 12 at 09:45‑11:15 CEST. The abstract from Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics includes data on patients treated in CLIMB‑111 and CLIMB‑121 and followed in CLIMB‑131 with CTX001, now known as exagamglogene autotemcel (exa-cel). This abstract has been selected for the media briefing program and is therefore embargoed until Saturday, June 11 at 09:00 am CEST.\n\nIn addition, three real-world evidence and health economics abstracts from Vertex have been accepted for poster presentation.\n\n\nAbstract #P1704 entitled “Projected Lifetime Economic Burden of Severe Sickle Cell Disease in the United States,” will be a poster presentation on Friday, June 10 at 16:30‑17:45 CEST. The abstract posted online projects the per-patient lifetime direct health care cost of severe sickle cell disease (SCD) from a U.S. health care payer perspective using an economic model developed based on published model frameworks.\n\n\n\n\nAbstract #P1703 entitled “Economic Burden of Transfusion‑Dependent Beta‑Thalassemia in the United States,” will be a poster presentation on Friday, June 10 at 16:30‑17:45 CEST. The abstract posted online estimates the economic burden of transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia (TDT) using administrative claims data to estimate the costs and health care utilization associated with disease management in the U.S.\n\n\n\n\nAbstract #P1482 entitled “Patients With Severe Sickle Cell Disease on Standard-of-Care Treatment Are Very Unlikely to Become VOC‑Free for One Year: A Cohort Study of Medicaid Enrollees,” will be a poster presentation on Friday, June 10 at 16:30‑17:45 CEST. The abstract posted online contextualizes the ...