Plot­ting clin­i­cal en­try, James Wilson's gene ther­a­py start­up brings in bil­lion­aire for $110M Se­ries B

The gene ther­a­py biotech that James Wil­son helped found to take some rare dis­ease pro­grams out of Penn all the way to an ap­proval has scored $110 mil­lion in its lat­est fi­nanc­ing.

Pas­sage Bio is get­ting a boost just sev­en months af­ter launch­ing with an­oth­er megaround. Ac­cess Biotech­nol­o­gy — the ther­a­peu­tic-fo­cused in­vest­ment arm of bil­lion­aire Len Blavat­nik’s con­glom­er­ate — is lead­ing the Se­ries B, which al­so in­clud­ed all the mar­quee in­vestors who pro­vid­ed the ini­tial $115 mil­lion: Or­biMed, Fra­zier Health­care Part­ners, Ver­sant Ven­tures, Lily Asia Ven­tures, New Leaf Ven­ture Part­ners and Vi­vo Cap­i­tal. New back­ers in­clude Box­er Cap­i­tal of Tavi­s­tock Group, High­line Cap­i­tal Man­age­ment, Lo­gos Cap­i­tal and Sphera Funds Man­age­ment.

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