A portfolio of life science companies diversified across a range of therapeutic areas and different stages of the development cycle.
Portfolio in numbers*
Value of life sciences portfolio
High quality companies
clinical programmes
10 year targets
Sustainable portfolio of leading life science companies
New companies created every year
companies to approval; accessing the steepest part of the life science valuation curve
A differentiated and diversified portfolio
To deliver sustainable value we seek to build a portfolio of 15-20 companies, with each company built on a product-focused strategy. Over portfolio is diversified across therapeutic areas and different stages of the development cycle.
*Unless stated all numbers as of 31 December 2020
Cell therapy is the introduction of selected, and sometimes engineered, cells into a patient, harnessing the power of a patient’s immune system to combat their disease. The therapy may have wide applications as a cancer treatment, with the potential for cure in some patients.
Autolus
Autolus is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on the development of precisely targeted, controlled and highly active T effector cell therapies that are designed to offer cancer patients substantial benefits over existing standard of care.
- Cell type
- CAR-T
- Stage
- Clinical
Unless stated all data at 31 December 2020
Achilles Therapeutics
Achilles Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel cancer immunotherapies targeting clonal neoantigens: protein markers unique to each individual that are expressed on the surface of every cancer cell.
- Cell type
- TILs
- Stage
- Clinical
All data at 31 December 2020
Quell Therapeutics
Quell Therapeutics was founded with the aim of developing engineered T regulatory (Treg) cell therapies. Tregs are a subset of T cells with the potential to downregulate the immune system.
- Cell type
- T-Reg
- Stage
- Pre-clinical
Unless stated al data at 31 December 2020
Resolution Therapeutics
Resolution is developing macrophage cell therapies to repair inflammatory organ damage.
- Cell type
- Macrophage
- Stage
- Pre-clinical
All data at 31 December 2020
Neogene Therapeutics
Neogene is developing a process to manufacture a wholly personalised autologous product employing engineered neoantigen-specific T cells.
- Cell type
- TCR
- Stage
- Pre-clinical
All data at 31 December 2020
Gene therapy is the introduction of genetic material into cells to replace missing or defective genes. If a gene doesn’t function properly, the introduction of a normal copy of a gene may be able to treat or prevent disease. It is a technique that has the potential to deliver long-term and potentially curative benefits to patients with genetic disorders.
Freeline Therapeutics
Freeline is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing transformative gene therapies for patients suffering from inherited systemic debilitating diseases.
- Target tissue compartment
- Systemic
- Stage
- Clinical
Unless stated all data at 31 December 2020
Gyroscope Therapeutics
Gyroscope is developing gene therapy beyond rare disease to treat a leading cause of blindness, dry age-related macular degeneration (dry-AMD).
- Target tissue compartment
- Retinal
- Stage
- Clinical
All data at 31 December 2020
SwanBio Therapeutics
SwanBio Therapeutics is a gene therapy company developing leading-edge medicines to deliver dramatic clinical efficacy for the treatment of genetically defined neurological conditions.
- Target tissue compartment
- CNS
- Stage
- Pre-clinical
All data at 31 December 2020
Purespring Therapeutics
Purespring seeks to advance gene therapies for the treatment of chronic renal diseases that are currently poorly addressed with existing treatments.
- Target tissue compartment
- Renal
- Stage
- Pre-clinical
All data at 31 December 2020
Anaveon
Anaveon is a pre-clinical phase biopharmaceutical company that specialises in the development of treatments for diseases with immune system dysfunction.
- Focus
- Immune system dysfunction
- Stage
- Pre-clinical
Unless stated all data at 31 December 2020
A small molecule is a small, chemically manufactured compound with a low molecule weight. Small molecule drugs help regulate a biological target such as an enzyme, channel or receptor to modify a disease process.
OMass Therapeutics
OMass Therapeutics is an Oxford University spin-out backed by Syncona and Oxford Sciences Innovation that is harnessing high-resolution native mass spectrometry and other biophysical technologies to drive drug discovery in high definition for immunology and genetic disease.
- Focus
- Native Mass Spectrometry
- Stage
- Drug discovery
All data at 31 December 2020
As we seek to build a diversified portfolio of 15-20 companies, some companies may not succeed and we may receive attractive offers for our companies from third parties.
Blue Earth
Blue Earth Diagnostics was founded to develop and commercialise molecular imaging agents, addressing areas of high unmet medical need.
Nightstar
Nightstar was a leading clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing and commercialising novel one-time treatments for patients suffering from rare inherited retinal diseases that would otherwise progress to blindness.
14MG
14M Genomics was a cancer diagnostic business that was founded in partnership with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in 2014.
Azeria Therapeutics
Azeria was a small molecule drug discovery company targeting treatment of oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer.
Attracting world-class talent within our portfolio
Introduction to Richard Francis, Chief Executive of Purespring Therapeutics
