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Editas Medicine Announces First Quarter 2024 Results and Business Updates
Completed adult cohort enrollment and enrolled multiple patients in the adolescent cohort of the Phase 1/2/3 RUBY clinical trial of reni-cel for severe sickle
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[{"type":"text","content":"Completed adult cohort enrollment and enrolled multiple patients in the adolescent cohort of the Phase 1/2/3 RUBY clinical trial of reni-cel for severe sickle cell disease On track to present additional clinical data from the RUBY trial and the EdiTHAL trial of reni-cel for transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia in mid-2024 and additional updates by year-end 2024 Presenting pre-clinical data at ASGCT on in vivo capabilities to support development of transformative in vivo gene editing medicines Strong financial position with operational runway into 2026 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), a clinical-stage gene editing company, today reported financial results for the first quarter 2024 and provided business updates. “We made significant progress in all three pillars of our strategy this quarter, including reni-cel, in vivo, and business development, including intellectual property,” commented Gilmore O’Neill, M.B., M.M.Sc., President and Chief Executive Officer, Editas Medicine. “We entered 2024 with great momentum, and I am proud of the Editas team’s significant progress toward becoming a commercial-stage company and on developing clinically differentiated, transformational medicines for people living with serious, previously untreatable diseases.” Recent Achievements and Outlook Ex Vivo Hemoglobinopathies Reni-cel (renizgamglogene autogedtemcel, previously EDIT-301) for Severe Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) The Company has completed enrollment of the adult cohort of the Phase 1/2/3 RUBY trial for SCD and continues to dose patients.The Company has enrolled multiple patients in the adolescent cohort in the RUBY trial.The Company remains on-track to present a substantive clinical data set of sickle cell patients with considerable clinical follow-up in the RUBY trial in mid-2024 and further data by year-end 2024. Reni-cel for Transfusion-dependent Beta Thalassemia (TDT) The Company continues to enroll and dose patients in the EdiTHAL trial for TDT.The Company remains on-track to present additional clinical data from the EdiTHAL trial in mid-2024 and further data by year-end 2024. In Vivo Medicines The Company is presenting pre-clinical data later this week to support its development of transformative in vivo gene editing medicines at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASG...