Syncona () is a large

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closed-ended

investment trust An investment trust is a form of investment fund found mostly in the United Kingdom and Japan. Investment trusts are constituted as Public limited company, public limited companies and are therefore closed ended since the fund managers cannot red ...

dedicated to life science investments. Co-founded as Syncona Partners in 2012 by current CEO Martin Murphy and the Wellcome Trust, before merging with the Battle Against Cancer Investment Trust ('BACIT') in December 2016 and listing publicly, the company is listed on the

London Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange based in London, England. the total market value of all companies trading on the LSE stood at US$3.42 trillion. Its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cath ...

and is a constituent of the

FTSE 250 Index The Financial Times Stock Exchange 250 Index, also called the FTSE 250 Index, FTSE 250, or, informally, the "Footsie 250" , is a stock market index that consists of the 101st to the 350th mid-cap blue chip companies listed on the London Stock ...

. Its Chair is Melanie Gee.

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