
How much does it cost to bootstrap a gene therapy startup? Not too much if you're Jim Wilson, per Passage Bio's $125M IPO filing
Days ago when Deerfield partner Bruce Goldsmith jumped to helm Passage Bio, he cited a few reasons why it’s an “extremely exciting time” to be joining the gene therapy player: IND filings for three lead programs, a data-rich 2021 and an expanding pipeline of experimental drugs for rare, monogenic CNS diseases.
It turns out there’s one more reason he held back: The Philadelphia-based startup was prepping an IPO.
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