Verve Therapeutics (VERV)

Verve Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage company, develops gene editing medicines for patients to treat cardiovascular disease in the United States. The company's product candidates include VERVE-101, which is being evaluated in the Heart-1 trial, an open-label Phase 1b clinical trial, as well as changes in blood PCSK9 protein and LDL-C levels in patients living with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH); VERVE-102 that is being evaluated in the Heart-2 trial, an open-label Phase 1b clinical trial in adult patients with HeFH, and/or premature coronary artery diseases; VERVE-201, which targets ANGPTL3 and permanently turn off the ANGPTL3 gene in the liver; and VERVE-301, a development candidate that uses a novel in vivo gene editing approach to permanently turn off the LPA gene in the liver to reduce blood Lp(a) levels. It has a collaboration and license agreement with Beam Therapeutics Inc.; a development and option agreement with Acuitas Therapeutics, Inc.; a license agreement to lipid technology with Novartis Pharma AG; Eli Lilly and Company; and a Cas9 license agreement with The Broad Institute and the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The company was formerly known as Endcadia, Inc. and changed its name to Verve Therapeutics, Inc. in January 2019. Verve Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.