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Allergan Signs Deal with Editas for Gene-Editing-Based Eye Treatments

March 22, 2017

Allergan plc said on Tuesday it would get exclusive access and the option to license up to five of Editas Medicine Inc’s experimental gene-editing-based eye treatments under a research and development deal between the two companies.

The five eye programs include Editas’s lead drug, which is currently in pre-clinical development, to treat a rare, inherited eye disorder called Leber Congenital Amaurosis, the two companies said in a joint statement.

Editas’ gene-editing technology is called CRISPR and it is expected to revolutionize the treatment of genetic diseases. CRISPR works as a type of molecular scissors that can trim away unwanted pieces of genetic material, and replace them with new ones. (Reporting by Divya Grover in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D’Souza)

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