After winning an early deal on XO1, the virtual biotech gang gets back together for SuperX
A little less than two years after J&J swooped in to snag the preclinical antithrombin drug at XO1 in the UK, the virtual team of entrepreneurs who created that asset-centered venture is back together again. This time they’re operating as SuperX, and they’re working in a very familiar research space.
With a very familiar budget.
Like XO1, SuperX is getting a liftoff with an $11 million round — this time drawn from Medicxi and partners at Johnson & Johnson Innovation. University of Cambridge Professor Jim Huntington is the CSO. Trevor Baglin is the CMO. X01 co-founder and Medicxi partner David Grainger is on the team, along with Kevin Johnson, also at Medicxi, taking the chairman’s role. XO1 vets Bob Schroff will be operations chief with Jo Davies once again handling the intellectual property.
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