Intellia Therapeutics Inc

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage genome editing company, which engages in the development of curative therapeutics using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and currently employs 377 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2016-05-06. CRISPR/Cas9 is a gene editing technology that leverages the body’s natural processes to precisely edit DNA. The firm is developing lonvoguran ziclumeran (lonvo-z), referred to as NTLA-2002, for the treatment of hereditary angioedema (HAE) and nexiguran ziclumeran (nex-z) also referred to as NTLA-2001, for the treatment of transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis. The company is focused on completing late-stage clinical development of its lead product candidates, lonvo-z for the treatment of patients with HAE and nex-z for the treatment of patients with ATTR amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) and hereditary ATTR amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN). Its lead product candidates are the first in vivo genome editing product candidates into Phase III development. Its other pipeline products include REGV131-LNP1265 and AVC-201 & AVC-203.