Casebia Counts On Collaboration In Its Climb To Leadership In Gene Therapy

An Interview With CEO Jim Burns

Casebia Therapeutics, a three-year old start-up in the hotly contested gene therapy space, is the product of a remarkably relaxed joint venture between the German multinational giant Bayer and CRISPR Therapeutics, a leader in conducting the first clinical trial involving the CRISPR-Cas9 editing platform. 

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Jim Burns, CEO of Casebia

Rarely has any big pharma-biotech joint venture been so strategic – and so generous – in grafting existing expertise onto a start-up, from the ground up. And Bayer has gained some welcome protection against the distractions of the company’s recent – and controversial – diversification into lines of business beyond patented medicines.

Jim Burns, CEO of Casebia Therapeutics, expects the company’s first Investigational New Drug (IND) filing with the FDA to...

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