Verve Therapeutics reports Q1 EPS (59c), consensus (71c)

Reports Q1 revenue $5.695M, consensus $2.02M. “Our accomplishments in the first quarter bring us closer to realizing our mission of protecting patients from cardiovascular disease through single-course gene editing medicines. We are excited to investigate VERVE-102 in the Heart-2 clinical trial, having recently announced the first patient dosing in the trial,” said Sekar Kathiresan, M.D., co-founder and chief executive officer of Verve Therapeutics. “We also remain on track to initiate the Phase 1b clinical trial for VERVE-201 targeting ANGPTL3 in the second half of the year and are pleased with the progress we’re making on our Lp(a) collaboration with Eli Lilly. Following these recent achievements and program updates, we are focused on continued execution across our pipeline as we develop our clinical and preclinical programs addressing a robust set of validated targets in areas of high unmet need.”