Today we announced our first quarter update, highlighting strong clinical execution from a rebalanced and diversified portfolio that continues to attract significant external capital. Our portfolio companies continue to deliver on their clinical and operational plans, as our late-stage clinical companies approach important milestones. Highlights in the quarter include Beacon and Forcefield raising capital from high-quality investors, Beacon dosing the first patient in its Phase II/III registrational trial, and Anaveon entering the clinic with its next-generation compound. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/edMsV3BZ #lifesciences #biotech
Syncona Limited
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
London, England 8,093 followers
Building the next generation of healthcare companies
About us
Syncona, is a leading FTSE 250 healthcare company focused on creating, building and scaling a portfolio of global leaders in life science. Our vision is to build a sustainable, diverse portfolio of 20- 25 companies focused on delivering transformational treatments to patients in truly innovative areas of healthcare, through which we are seeking to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns for shareholders. We take a long-term view, underpinned by a strategic capital base which enables us to maintain significant ownership positions in our companies and provides us with control and flexibility over the management of our portfolio. We believe we have the team, track record and skill-set to capture the superior returns available from commercialising exceptional science.
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External link for Syncona Limited
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London, England
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 2012
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8 Bloomsbury Street
London, England WC1B 3SR, GB
Employees at Syncona Limited
Updates
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As part of Syncona’s commitment to developing a platform for the next generation of life science investors, earlier this year we launched the Syncona Fellowship programme. The programme aims to seek top talent that can contribute to the investment team during their placement and become a member of our industry network going forward. With the first fellows already enrolled we are now looking for additional young investors to welcome to the team. The application deadline for this round is 16 August 2024. Find out more, including how to apply, here: https://lnkd.in/eGJvGYag #biotech #lifesciences
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We have today published our Annual Report 2024, showcasing our people and culture, progress during the year and platform for future growth. In this year’s report we have highlighted our newly embedded operating model alongside our rebalanced portfolio, which is weighted towards later-stage companies, with increased diversification across developmental stage and modality. We have also set out our Capital Allocation Policy to summarise our evolved approach to the way we manage capital to drive and maximise returns for shareholders over the long term. Find out more about our progress to date and what to look forward to here: https://lnkd.in/eXgTtpD4 #lifesciences
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Today Syncona announced it has committed $42.5 million to a $170 million Series B financing of its portfolio company Beacon Therapeutics. Beacon is focused on both rare and prevalent diseases, including X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP), a blinding orphan disease for which there is no available treatment and dry age-related macular degeneration (dAMD), a leading cause of irreversible vision loss in people over 60. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/ejgnwyi9 #lifesciences #biotech #genetherapy #ophthalmology
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Today Syncona announced it has led a €80 million (£68.4 million) Series B financing in iOnctura, a clinical-stage #oncology company developing innovative therapies for neglected and hard-to-treat cancers. iOnctura represents an opportunity to invest in a clinical-stage company and to take its lead programme, roginolisib, through to late-stage clinical development. This is in line with Syncona’s strategy to focus capital deployment on clinical-stage assets or assets approaching clinical entry. Find out more by watching the video here: https://lnkd.in/ezDwkSPV #lifesciences #biotech #smallmolecules
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Syncona is pleased to announce its Annual Results for the 12-month period ending 31 March 2024. In November 2022, Syncona set out 10-year targets to organically grow net assets to £5 billion. Since then, the Syncona team has worked hard to rebalance the portfolio whilst prioritising capital towards the most promising companies and assets to provide a platform for future growth. During the year we have added three exciting and highly innovative new companies to the portfolio, including one at clinical stage, that can further drive medium and long-term growth. Management will be delivering a presentation followed by a question and answer session which begins at 9am this morning. To register for the webcast, and to see the full release, please click the link below. https://lnkd.in/esifpiEy #lifesciences #biotech
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Today Syncona announced that Freeline Therapeutics has acquired SwanBio Therapeutics, creating a new company, Spur Therapeutics. This combines two of Syncona’s clinical-stage portfolio companies, representing a significant opportunity to deliver two first-in-class gene therapies and advance a pipeline targeting more prevalent chronic debilitating diseases. The acquisition will provide a broadened clinical pipeline and will strengthen Spur’s central nervous system capabilities to further enable its move into Parkinson’s disease. It will also bring synergies around clinical capabilities and manufacturing know-how, as well as drive cost and operating efficiencies. Read the full release here: https://lnkd.in/eGSwUfvM #genetherapy #biotech
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The scientific founders of Resolution Therapeutics presented new data for macrophage cell therapy in end-stage liver disease at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Congress. New data from the MATCH Phase 2 academic study continued to show excellent safety and efficacy post-treatment with autologous non-engineered macrophages in patients with liver cirrhosis. With a significant reduction in all-cause mortality and a significant increase in transplant-free survival, the data provides clear clinical proof of concept for macrophage cell therapy in this indication. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/eEX6y9Nn
Resolution Therapeutics today announces key data presentations with The University of Edinburgh at the EASL | The Home of Hepatology's Congress 2024, held in Milan, Italy. Presented in two posters, the data highlights the significant potential of macrophage cell therapy for advanced liver cirrhosis. The first poster reveals new data from the MATCH Phase 2 study, showing continued excellent safety and efficacy with autologous non-engineered macrophages, providing clear clinical proof of concept for this therapy as an effective and durable treatment for advanced liver cirrhosis. Resolution Therapeutics, holding exclusive rights to the technology and data has also developed a platform to engineer and cryopreserve autologous macrophages with a pro-regenerative phenotype for treating #ESLD. The second poster showcases an improved differentiation protocol and a more automated process to maximize manufacturing yields without compromising the phenotype. For more on the data presented at EASL, see the press release in the comments below. #Macrophage #EASLCongress #LiverDisease
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Quell Therapeutics is advancing its lead candidate QEL-001 into the efficacy cohort of the LIBERATE Phase 1/2 trial, following positive clinical data from the initial safety cohort of this first-in-human study. Data presented yesterday at the American Transplant Congress showed QEL-001, an autologous engineered CAR-Treg cell therapy, to be safe and well tolerated in three initial liver transplant patients. It is the first time a therapy of this kind has been assessed in humans for supporting successful liver transplantation, and the encouraging data set supports further investigation of this novel approach. Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/efCBcE49 #ATC2024Philly #celltherapy
We are delighted to announce that QEL-001, Quell Tx’s multi-modular engineered CAR-Treg cell therapy, is being advanced into the efficacy cohort of the LIBERATE Phase 1/2 trial in liver transplant patients. A trial progress update was presented today at the American Transplant Congress in Philadelphia, PA, USA. We look forward to entering the next phase of this clinical trial, which has been designed to test a new, potentially transformational paradigm for liver transplant patients. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ekQeuEy4 #Immunosuppression #Hepatology #ATC2024
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CEO, Chris Hollowood, spoke on a podcast with Gordon Smith, CFA from Killik & Co about Syncona and recent developments in the biotech landscape. Chris covers the history of Syncona since its foundation by the Wellcome Trust, its investment approach, as well as providing his views on the impact of #AI in drug discovery. Listen to the podcast here: https://lnkd.in/ebE5R_nx #biotech #lifesciences
Investor Insights Podcast #14 – Chris Hollowood, Chief Executive Officer, Syncona Ltd (SYNC-LON)
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