Inaccessible price points, development risk, and a lack of diversity in gene therapy R&D all feed into the imperfect state in which the industry's newest form of innovation exists. New approaches are needed if the patient populations that need these medicines the most can benefit.

With nearly 3,500 therapies in development globally, and almost $480m in start-up financing in Q1 of 2021 alone, the cell, gene and RNA therapy area is seeing a sharp rise in development and attention.