EDITAS MEDICINE INC (EDIT)

Editas Medicine, Inc., a clinical stage genome editing company, focuses on developing transformative genomic medicines to treat a range of serious diseases. The company develops a proprietary gene editing platform based on CRISPR technology. Its lead program is EDIT-401, a one-time therapy designed to reduce LDL cholesterol through the upregulation of the LDL receptor to treat hyperlipidemia. The company also develops therapies to treat Sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia; and in vivo gene editing medicines indicated for other cells and tissues. It has a research collaboration with Juno Therapeutics, Inc. to develop alpha-beta T-cell experimental medicines for the treatment of solid and liquid tumors, and autoimmune disease. The company was formerly known as Geng…