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Podcast: BioCentury This Week
Episode: Ep. 124 - CRISPR's High Bar, Private Equity Inroads and the Distillery
Description: Stellar data for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics could set a high bar for the next generation of gene editing players to beat in β thalassemia and sickle cell disease, indications that had previously been considered as the best disease to show proof-of-concept for the modality, said Executive Director of Biopharma Intelligence Lauren Martz on the latest edition of BioCentury This Week. The BioCentury podcast team also reviews Associate Editor Stephen Hansen’s analysis of how the trend of private equity firms acquiring or partnering life sciences VCs will impact the financing environment, and Washington Editor Steve Usdin’s take on th...