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Launched in 1994, Deerfield Management Company is an investment firm dedicated to advancing healthcare through information, investment, and philanthropy—all toward the end goal of cures for disease, improved quality of life, and reduced cost of care.

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Deerfield Invests $20 million in Editas Medicine

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – August 10, 2015 – Deerfield Management Company, L.P.’s venture capital fund, Deerfield Healthcare Innovations Fund, L.P, today announced its first therapeutics-based investment by participating, along with Deerfield Private Design Fund III, in providing financing to Editas Medicine.  In total, Deerfield invested $20 million in this early-stage institutional financing.

Editas Medicine is at the forefront ofdeveloping CRISPR/Cas9, a genome-editing technology, which makes it possible to turn off or edit disease-causing genes, potentially leading to a cure. Deerfield’s capital will support the advancement of multiple new therapies into studies which can prove their utility. 

“Gene editing has the potential to cure diseases that currently result in significant disability or death,” said Jim Flynn, managing partner of Deerfield. “Given the dozens of important disease targets where gene editing can play an important role and the transformative effect on lives that these new therapies can offer, Editas Medicine is the ideal initial therapeutic company investment by the Healthcare Innovations Fund.”

“Deerfield’s commitment to changing medical practice through innovative science and thoughtful investing matches our own, and we are privileged to have them as part of our team to help build Editas,” said Katrine Bosley, CEO of Editas Medicine. “Deerfield has a long track record of supporting emerging biotechnology companies and helping them navigate the challenges of bringing important new medicines to patients.”

The Deerfield Healthcare Innovations Fund, which launched in July, focuses on investing in early-stage companies with transformative new healthcare products and services.  All of the fund’s incentive profits go to the Deerfield Partnership Foundation to provide healthcare services for underserved children and promote medical innovation.

About Editas

Editas Medicine is a leading genome editing company and part of a transformational new area of health care – genomic medicine. The Company was founded by pioneers and worldleaders in genome editing bringing specific expertise in CRISPR/Cas9 and TALENs technologies. The Company’s mission is to translate its proprietary technology into novel solutions to treat a broad range of genetically driven diseases.

For more information, visit www.editasmedicine.com

About Deerfield

Deerfield is an investment management firm committed to advancing healthcare through investment, information and philanthropy.

Formore information, please visit www.deerfield.com

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Deerfield Management Company
Karen Heidelberger, 212-692-7140
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