Posting of Annual Report and Notice of AGM
21 August 2019
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, confirms that the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019 ('2019 Annual Report and Accounts'), the Notice of Annual General Meeting ('AGM') and a Form of Proxy will be posted to shareholders later today.
The AGM will be held on 20 September 2019 at 11.00 a.m. at Riddel Hall, Queens University, 185 Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5EE United Kingdom.
A copy of the 2019 Annual Report and Accounts will be available to download from the Company website shortly.
Enquiries:
| Fusion Antibodies plc | www.fusionantibodies.com |
| Dr Paul Kerr, Chief Executive Officer | Via Walbrook PR |
| James Fair, Chief Financial Officer | |
| Allenby Capital Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 |
| James Reeve / Asha Chotai | |
| Walbrook PR | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or[email protected] |
| Paul McManus | Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 |
| Anna Dunphy | Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001 |
About Fusion Antibodies plc
Fusion is a Belfast based contract research organisation ("CRO") providing a range of antibody engineering services for the development of antibodies for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications.
The Company's ordinary shares were admitted to trading on AIM on 18 December 2017. Fusion provides a broad range of services in antibody generation, development, production, characterisation and optimisation. These services include antigen expression, antibody production, purification and sequencing, antibody humanisation using Fusion's proprietary CDRxTM platform and the production of antibody generating stable cell lines to provide material for use in clinical trials. Since 2012, the Company has successfully sequenced and expressed over 250 antibodies and successfully completed over 150 humanisation projects for its international, blue-chip client base, which has included eight of the top 10 global pharmaceutical companies by revenue.
The Company was established in 2001 as a spin out from Queen’s University Belfast. The Company’s mission is to enable pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies to develop innovative products in a timely and cost-effective manner for the benefit of the global healthcare industry. Fusion Antibodies provides a broad range of services in antibody generation, development, production, characterisation and optimisation.
Fusion Antibodies growth strategy is based on combining the latest technological advances with cutting edge science to deliver new platforms that will enable Pharma and Biotechs get to the clinic faster and ultimately speed up the drug development process.
The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market was valued at $95.5 billion in 2017 and is forecast to surpass $174.2 billion in 2026, an increase at a CAGR of between 6.9 per cent. for the period 2018 to 2026. In 2018, seven of the world’s ten top selling drugs were antibody-based therapeutics with the combined annual sales of these drugs exceeding $62 billion.
