ERS Genomics and IRBM sign license agreement for CRISPR/Cas9

Betsy Goodfellow | May 20, 2024 | News story | Research and Development CRISPR/Cas9, ERS Genomics, IRBM, License Agreement, Pharmacy 

ERS Genomics and IRBM have announced that they have entered into a non-exclusive CRISPR/Cas9 license agreement, granting IRBM access to ERS Genomics’ CRISPR/Cas9 patent portfolio.

Financial details of the agreement have not yet been disclosed.

IRBM is a drug discovery CRO with a focus from target validation to finding preclinical candidates, spanning indications such as oncology, neurology and infectious diseases. Meanwhile, ERS Genomics often provides licensing to CRISPR/Cas9 technology for other companies, covering CRISPR/Cas9 use in all cells, including eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.

John E Milad, chief executive officer at ERS Genomics, commented: “We are committed to supporting cutting-edge research and expanding the horizons of medical innovation by providing companies such as IRBM with the ability to take advantage of CRISPR/Cas9 technology. We look forward to seeing the innovative ways in which our gene editing technology will be utilised in various stages of drug discovery, providing candidates for a wide range of therapeutic areas.”

Carlo Toniatti MD PhD, chief scientific officer at IRBM, added: “We are committed to delivering high quality drugs by leveraging our broad range of expertise and capabilities across the entire preclinical drug discovery continuum. With the integration of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology we are increasing our capability to identify and validate potential drug targets, to generate more predictive pre-clinical models and to elucidate the mechanisms of action of novel therapeutics.”

Betsy Goodfellow

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