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Verve Therapeutics reported pipeline updates and financial results for the first quarter of 2024. The company dosed the first patient in the Heart-2 Phase 1b clinical trial of VERVE-102, with plans to initiate the VERVE-201 clinical trial in the second half of the year. Verve also received a milestone payment from Eli Lilly for a gene editing program targeting Lp(a). The company's cash position is strong, with $606.4 million in cash and marketable securities, providing runway into late 2026.
Verve Therapeutics announced the dosing of the first patient in the Heart-2 Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating VERVE-102, an investigational in vivo base editing medicine designed to reduce blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The trial is enrolling patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or premature coronary artery disease. VERVE-102 aims to permanently inactivate the PCSK9 gene in the liver, providing sustained reductions in LDL-C levels after a single treatment.
Verve Therapeutics granted equity awards to ten new employees under the company's 2024 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan. The employees received stock options and restricted stock units, totaling 64,200 shares and 56,100 RSUs. The options have an exercise price of $6.01 per share and will vest over four years, while the RSUs will vest annually over four years.
