Verve Therapeutics said Monday that its experimental gene-editing treatment for a common form of heart disease was placed on clinical hold by the Food and Drug Administration, potentially delaying an ongoing, early-stage clinical trial.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech had submitted a request to the FDA in October to allow participants in the U.S. to receive the CRISPR-based treatment, called VERVE-101, as part of its clinical trial program.
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