genOway announced that it has granted a non-exclusive CRISPR/Cas9 license to the most important funding institution of biomedical academic research in the United Kingdom. In December 2018, genOway entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Merck for the use of its foundational CRISPR integration patents for preclinical applications in the rodent field. genOway's strategy is to provide a sublicense on this CRISPR technology to select partners and provide them with competitive advantages.

In the coming months, genOway will deploy this approach with other academic research funders, preclinical service providers (like Contract Research Organizations, CROs) and catalogue model providers to enable them to include any CRISPR/Cas9-based models in their offers and provide their customers with the necessary freedom to operate.