# FDA Finally Opens Path for Custom Gene-Editing Drugs. The Company Built for It Already Died.

- slug: fda-finally-opens-path-for-custom-gene-editing-drugs-the-company-built-for-it-already-died
- date: 2026-03-31
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

Baby KJ's bespoke CRISPR therapy worked. The company built to replicate it collapsed nine days after the FDA's new pathway was announced — a sign the science is ahead of any business that could deliver it at scale.

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