BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ensoma, a genomic medicines company developing one-time, in vivo treatments that precisely engineer any cell of the hematopoietic system, today announced the closing of an extension of its Series B financing by $50 million, bringing the total size of the funding round to $135 million. The $50 million was contributed by new investors Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), Bioluminescence Ventures and Delos Capital and by existing investor SymBiosis. These investors joined a syndicate of leading healthcare funds to advance the development of Ensoma’s Engenious™ in vivo engineered cell therapy platform and pipeline of genomic medicines for immuno-oncology, genetic disease and other therapeutic applications.
Ensoma Announces Closing of Twelve Bio Acquisition
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ensoma, a genomic medicines company developing one-time in vivo treatments that precisely engineer any cell of the hematopoietic system, today announced the completion of an $85 million financing. Proceeds will enable Ensoma to advance the development of its Engenious™ in vivo engineered cell therapy platform and accelerate its pipeline of genomic medicines for immuno-oncology and other therapeutic applications. The company also announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Twelve Bio ApS, a gene editing company pioneering the therapeutic application of next-generation CRISPR-Cas technology.
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ensoma, a gene therapy company advancing the future of medicine through precision in vivo engineering of blood and immune cells, today announced additions to the Company’s scientific advisory board (SAB) – Crystal Mackall, M.D., of the Stanford University School of Medicine, and Harry Malech, M.D., of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They join existing SAB members, Co-founder and Chairman Hans-Peter Kiem, M.D., Ph.D., of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (Fred Hutch); Anja Ehrhardt, Ph.D., of Universität Witten/Herdecke; Vijay Sankaran, M.D., Ph.D., of Boston Children’s Hospital; and Mark Walters, M.D., of University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Johnson & Johnson, Paul Stoffels, M.D., will retire at the end of this year from his post as chief scientific officer.
Nuwaysir says he's getting all that in his new role as CEO of in vivo gene therapy biotech Ensoma, and this time around, he's not the first hire but the 45th. He started at the preclinical Boston startup last Monday after almost five years leading Bayer's BlueRock Therapeutics.
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