Black­stone plots $4.5B+ life sci­ences fund — and they've al­ready se­cured the bulk of it

More than a year ago Black­stone jumped in­to the deep end of life sci­ences in­vest­ing by buy­ing Clarus, a sto­ried in­vestor in the field with a rep­u­ta­tion for gam­bling on late-stage drug de­vel­op­ment. A cou­ple of high-pro­file bets lat­er, we’ve just had a glimpse of Black­stone Life Sci­ences’ ap­petite.

The pri­vate eq­ui­ty gi­ant has raised $3.44 bil­lion for Black­stone Life Sci­ences Fund V, for which it’s tar­get­ing $4.58 bil­lion in to­tal, ac­cord­ing to an SEC fil­ing.

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