Allergan enters gene editing pipeline with $90 Editas deal

Allergan on Tuesday entered a research and development deal with Editas Medicine, reports Reuters.

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Here are three things to know.

1. Through the agreement, Allergan will get exclusive access and the option to license up to five of Editas’ experimental eye treatments, according to the report.

2. Editas developed the eye treatments using the gene-editing technique CRISPR.

3. Allergan will pay $90 million upfront toward developing the drugs with Editas.

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