PRME, BEAM, EDIT, NTLA, CRSP Stocks Gain As FDA Signals Faster Route For Patient-Specific Gene Edits
Shares of gene-editing companies, including Prime Medicine (PRME), Beam Therapeutics, Intellia Therapeutics (NTLA), Editas Medicine (EDIT), and CRISPR Therapeutics (CRSP), rose after the FDA issued draft guidance to expedite personalized treatments for rare genetic diseases. The new approach allows one application for multiple versions of the same gene-editing treatment. PRME gained 20%, with other companies seeing 4-14% increases.


