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Syncona Limited
LON:SYNC
Syncona Limited is a leading healthcare company focused on founding, building and funding global leaders in life science. Syncona is aligned with two of the premium charitable funders in UK science, The Wellcome Trust, original founder of Syncona, and Cancer Research UK, both of which are significant shareholders.
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Syncona enjoys value uplift after Quell completes £117mln funding round
The company will own a 37% stake in the immune system specialist
UK-based Gyroscope Therapeutics pulls Wall Street IPO due to 'unfavourable market conditions'
The news is also a blow to FTSE 250-listed Syncona, which recently upped its stake to 54%
UK-based Achilles Therapeutics unveils US$175.5mln IPO at Nasdaq debut
FTSE 250-listed Syncona will retain a 27% stake in Achilles, in which it invested five years ago
Syncona says Achilles Therapeutics to consider US IPO this year
Achilles has also been greenlighted to advance its ongoing clinical trials.
Syncona reports jump in portfolio value in first quarter
The life sciences group's portfolio value rose 35.1% to £677mln, while its net asset value jumped 13.5% to 210.7p per share
Syncona notes portfolio company Freeline Therapeutics announces IPO pricing
The gene therapy group will list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on Friday with its shares priced at US$18 each
Syncona slips as NAV hit by Autolus share price fall
The company’s life sciences portfolio suffered a 25% decline over its previous financial year as uplifts from company sales were offset by an 81% decline in the Autolus stock
Life sciences investor Syncona pours another £83mln into two promising drugmakers
Syncona has once again backed Gyroscope and Achilles, which are developing treatments for eye conditions and cancer, respectively
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FTSE 100 closes higher as European Central Bank message cheers markets
The FTSE 100 has clawed back all of this morning's losses and some, while the ECB has unveiled plans to end its quantitative easing programme in December
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