Intellia Therapeutics Acquires Rewrite Therapeutics
February 3, 2022
Intellia Therapeutics has acquired Rewrite Therapeutics, a UC Berkeley–spawned startup developing DNA-writing genome editing technologies. The deal includes $45 million upfront and up to $155 million in research and regulatory milestones, expanding Intellia's in-house editing capabilities to potentially enable new precision editing strategies.
- Buyers
- Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.
- Targets
- Rewrite Therapeutics, Inc.
- Sellers
- Rewrite shareholders, Civilization Ventures, Prefix Capital
- Industry
- Biotechnology
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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