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New kid on the CAR-T block: Syncona/UCL form Autolus

 
• By Gemma Collier

Investment company Syncona and UCL Business, the technology transfer arm of University College London, have together set up a new player in the CAR-T field, Autolus. Syncona has given the start-up a £30m cash injection to get going.

Investment company Syncona and UCL Business, the technology transfer arm of University College London, have together set up a new player in the CAR-T field, Autolus. Syncona has given the start-up a £30m cash injection to get going.

Autolus's focus will be the development of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies for hematological and solid tumors. The company has been founded on the work of UCL's Dr Martin...

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