2024
Grant of options
15 September 2022
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces that the Company has today granted 1,480,800 options (the "Options") over ordinary shares of 4 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain Executive Directors and employees of the Company. The Options were granted pursuant to the Fusion Antibodies EMI and Unapproved Employee Share Option Scheme (the "Scheme"), adopted by the Company on 11 December 2017.
The Options have an exercise price of 47.50 pence per Option, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 14 September 2022, the day prior to grant. The Options will vest equally over a three-year period, with one third of the Options vesting on each anniversary following the grant date and subject to continuing employment only. Once vested, the Options can be exercised for a period of ten years from the grant date.
200,000 of the Options have been granted to the following Executive Directors of the Company:
Name | Number of Options granted | Existing options over Ordinary Shares held | Total Options over Ordinary Shares held following grant |
Richard Buick, CSO | 100,000 | 180,000 | 280,000 |
James Fair, CFO | 100,000 | 275,000 | 375,000 |
Following the grant of the Options, the Company has options in issue over a total of 2,542,883 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.77 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 2,439,133 of the options have been issued pursuant to the Scheme and the balance of 103,750 options have been issued outside of the scheme.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Richard Buick | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Scientific Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Fair | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
Enquiries:
Fusion Antibodies plc | www.fusionantibodies.com | |
Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer James Fair, Chief Financial Officer | Via Walbrook PR | |
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Allenby Capital Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 | |
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance) Tony Quirke (Sales and Corporate Broking) |
| |
Walbrook PR | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] | |
Anna Dunphy | Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001 | |
Paul McManus | Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 | |
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 CDRx TM 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 200 humanisation projects and has an 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 Biotech companies get to the clinic faster, with the optimal drug candidate and ultimately speed up the drug development process.
The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market was valued at $135.4 billion in 2018 and is forecast to surpass $212.6 billion in 2022, an increase at a CAGR of 12.0 per cent. for the period 2018 to 2022. In 2017, seven of the world's ten top selling drugs were antibody-based therapeutics with the combined annual sales of these drugs exceeding $63.2 billion.
2023
Grant of options
15 September 2022
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces that the Company has today granted 1,480,800 options (the "Options") over ordinary shares of 4 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain Executive Directors and employees of the Company. The Options were granted pursuant to the Fusion Antibodies EMI and Unapproved Employee Share Option Scheme (the "Scheme"), adopted by the Company on 11 December 2017.
The Options have an exercise price of 47.50 pence per Option, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 14 September 2022, the day prior to grant. The Options will vest equally over a three-year period, with one third of the Options vesting on each anniversary following the grant date and subject to continuing employment only. Once vested, the Options can be exercised for a period of ten years from the grant date.
200,000 of the Options have been granted to the following Executive Directors of the Company:
Name | Number of Options granted | Existing options over Ordinary Shares held | Total Options over Ordinary Shares held following grant |
Richard Buick, CSO | 100,000 | 180,000 | 280,000 |
James Fair, CFO | 100,000 | 275,000 | 375,000 |
Following the grant of the Options, the Company has options in issue over a total of 2,542,883 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.77 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 2,439,133 of the options have been issued pursuant to the Scheme and the balance of 103,750 options have been issued outside of the scheme.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Richard Buick | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Scientific Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Fair | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
Enquiries:
Fusion Antibodies plc | www.fusionantibodies.com | |
Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer James Fair, Chief Financial Officer | Via Walbrook PR | |
| ||
Allenby Capital Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 | |
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance) Tony Quirke (Sales and Corporate Broking) |
| |
Walbrook PR | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] | |
Anna Dunphy | Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001 | |
Paul McManus | Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 | |
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 CDRx TM 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 200 humanisation projects and has an 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 Biotech companies get to the clinic faster, with the optimal drug candidate and ultimately speed up the drug development process.
The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market was valued at $135.4 billion in 2018 and is forecast to surpass $212.6 billion in 2022, an increase at a CAGR of 12.0 per cent. for the period 2018 to 2022. In 2017, seven of the world's ten top selling drugs were antibody-based therapeutics with the combined annual sales of these drugs exceeding $63.2 billion.
2022
Grant of options
15 September 2022
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces that the Company has today granted 1,480,800 options (the "Options") over ordinary shares of 4 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain Executive Directors and employees of the Company. The Options were granted pursuant to the Fusion Antibodies EMI and Unapproved Employee Share Option Scheme (the "Scheme"), adopted by the Company on 11 December 2017.
The Options have an exercise price of 47.50 pence per Option, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 14 September 2022, the day prior to grant. The Options will vest equally over a three-year period, with one third of the Options vesting on each anniversary following the grant date and subject to continuing employment only. Once vested, the Options can be exercised for a period of ten years from the grant date.
200,000 of the Options have been granted to the following Executive Directors of the Company:
Name | Number of Options granted | Existing options over Ordinary Shares held | Total Options over Ordinary Shares held following grant |
Richard Buick, CSO | 100,000 | 180,000 | 280,000 |
James Fair, CFO | 100,000 | 275,000 | 375,000 |
Following the grant of the Options, the Company has options in issue over a total of 2,542,883 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.77 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 2,439,133 of the options have been issued pursuant to the Scheme and the balance of 103,750 options have been issued outside of the scheme.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Richard Buick | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Scientific Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Fair | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
Enquiries:
Fusion Antibodies plc | www.fusionantibodies.com | |
Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer James Fair, Chief Financial Officer | Via Walbrook PR | |
| ||
Allenby Capital Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 | |
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance) Tony Quirke (Sales and Corporate Broking) |
| |
Walbrook PR | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] | |
Anna Dunphy | Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001 | |
Paul McManus | Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 | |
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 CDRx TM 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 200 humanisation projects and has an 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 Biotech companies get to the clinic faster, with the optimal drug candidate and ultimately speed up the drug development process.
The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market was valued at $135.4 billion in 2018 and is forecast to surpass $212.6 billion in 2022, an increase at a CAGR of 12.0 per cent. for the period 2018 to 2022. In 2017, seven of the world's ten top selling drugs were antibody-based therapeutics with the combined annual sales of these drugs exceeding $63.2 billion.
2021
Grant of options
15 September 2022
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces that the Company has today granted 1,480,800 options (the "Options") over ordinary shares of 4 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain Executive Directors and employees of the Company. The Options were granted pursuant to the Fusion Antibodies EMI and Unapproved Employee Share Option Scheme (the "Scheme"), adopted by the Company on 11 December 2017.
The Options have an exercise price of 47.50 pence per Option, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 14 September 2022, the day prior to grant. The Options will vest equally over a three-year period, with one third of the Options vesting on each anniversary following the grant date and subject to continuing employment only. Once vested, the Options can be exercised for a period of ten years from the grant date.
200,000 of the Options have been granted to the following Executive Directors of the Company:
Name | Number of Options granted | Existing options over Ordinary Shares held | Total Options over Ordinary Shares held following grant |
Richard Buick, CSO | 100,000 | 180,000 | 280,000 |
James Fair, CFO | 100,000 | 275,000 | 375,000 |
Following the grant of the Options, the Company has options in issue over a total of 2,542,883 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.77 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 2,439,133 of the options have been issued pursuant to the Scheme and the balance of 103,750 options have been issued outside of the scheme.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Richard Buick | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Scientific Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Fair | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
Enquiries:
Fusion Antibodies plc | www.fusionantibodies.com | |
Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer James Fair, Chief Financial Officer | Via Walbrook PR | |
| ||
Allenby Capital Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 | |
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance) Tony Quirke (Sales and Corporate Broking) |
| |
Walbrook PR | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] | |
Anna Dunphy | Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001 | |
Paul McManus | Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 | |
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 CDRx TM 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 200 humanisation projects and has an 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 Biotech companies get to the clinic faster, with the optimal drug candidate and ultimately speed up the drug development process.
The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market was valued at $135.4 billion in 2018 and is forecast to surpass $212.6 billion in 2022, an increase at a CAGR of 12.0 per cent. for the period 2018 to 2022. In 2017, seven of the world's ten top selling drugs were antibody-based therapeutics with the combined annual sales of these drugs exceeding $63.2 billion.
2020
Grant of options
15 September 2022
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces that the Company has today granted 1,480,800 options (the "Options") over ordinary shares of 4 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain Executive Directors and employees of the Company. The Options were granted pursuant to the Fusion Antibodies EMI and Unapproved Employee Share Option Scheme (the "Scheme"), adopted by the Company on 11 December 2017.
The Options have an exercise price of 47.50 pence per Option, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 14 September 2022, the day prior to grant. The Options will vest equally over a three-year period, with one third of the Options vesting on each anniversary following the grant date and subject to continuing employment only. Once vested, the Options can be exercised for a period of ten years from the grant date.
200,000 of the Options have been granted to the following Executive Directors of the Company:
Name | Number of Options granted | Existing options over Ordinary Shares held | Total Options over Ordinary Shares held following grant |
Richard Buick, CSO | 100,000 | 180,000 | 280,000 |
James Fair, CFO | 100,000 | 275,000 | 375,000 |
Following the grant of the Options, the Company has options in issue over a total of 2,542,883 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.77 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 2,439,133 of the options have been issued pursuant to the Scheme and the balance of 103,750 options have been issued outside of the scheme.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Richard Buick | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Scientific Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Fair | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
Enquiries:
Fusion Antibodies plc | www.fusionantibodies.com | |
Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer James Fair, Chief Financial Officer | Via Walbrook PR | |
| ||
Allenby Capital Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 | |
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance) Tony Quirke (Sales and Corporate Broking) |
| |
Walbrook PR | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] | |
Anna Dunphy | Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001 | |
Paul McManus | Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 | |
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 CDRx TM 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 200 humanisation projects and has an 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 Biotech companies get to the clinic faster, with the optimal drug candidate and ultimately speed up the drug development process.
The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market was valued at $135.4 billion in 2018 and is forecast to surpass $212.6 billion in 2022, an increase at a CAGR of 12.0 per cent. for the period 2018 to 2022. In 2017, seven of the world's ten top selling drugs were antibody-based therapeutics with the combined annual sales of these drugs exceeding $63.2 billion.
2019
Grant of options
15 September 2022
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces that the Company has today granted 1,480,800 options (the "Options") over ordinary shares of 4 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain Executive Directors and employees of the Company. The Options were granted pursuant to the Fusion Antibodies EMI and Unapproved Employee Share Option Scheme (the "Scheme"), adopted by the Company on 11 December 2017.
The Options have an exercise price of 47.50 pence per Option, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 14 September 2022, the day prior to grant. The Options will vest equally over a three-year period, with one third of the Options vesting on each anniversary following the grant date and subject to continuing employment only. Once vested, the Options can be exercised for a period of ten years from the grant date.
200,000 of the Options have been granted to the following Executive Directors of the Company:
Name | Number of Options granted | Existing options over Ordinary Shares held | Total Options over Ordinary Shares held following grant |
Richard Buick, CSO | 100,000 | 180,000 | 280,000 |
James Fair, CFO | 100,000 | 275,000 | 375,000 |
Following the grant of the Options, the Company has options in issue over a total of 2,542,883 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.77 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 2,439,133 of the options have been issued pursuant to the Scheme and the balance of 103,750 options have been issued outside of the scheme.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Richard Buick | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Scientific Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Fair | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
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c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
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d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
Enquiries:
Fusion Antibodies plc | www.fusionantibodies.com | |
Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer James Fair, Chief Financial Officer | Via Walbrook PR | |
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Allenby Capital Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 | |
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance) Tony Quirke (Sales and Corporate Broking) |
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Walbrook PR | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] | |
Anna Dunphy | Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001 | |
Paul McManus | Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 | |
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 CDRx TM 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 200 humanisation projects and has an 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 Biotech companies get to the clinic faster, with the optimal drug candidate and ultimately speed up the drug development process.
The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market was valued at $135.4 billion in 2018 and is forecast to surpass $212.6 billion in 2022, an increase at a CAGR of 12.0 per cent. for the period 2018 to 2022. In 2017, seven of the world's ten top selling drugs were antibody-based therapeutics with the combined annual sales of these drugs exceeding $63.2 billion.
2018
Grant of options
15 September 2022
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces that the Company has today granted 1,480,800 options (the "Options") over ordinary shares of 4 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain Executive Directors and employees of the Company. The Options were granted pursuant to the Fusion Antibodies EMI and Unapproved Employee Share Option Scheme (the "Scheme"), adopted by the Company on 11 December 2017.
The Options have an exercise price of 47.50 pence per Option, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 14 September 2022, the day prior to grant. The Options will vest equally over a three-year period, with one third of the Options vesting on each anniversary following the grant date and subject to continuing employment only. Once vested, the Options can be exercised for a period of ten years from the grant date.
200,000 of the Options have been granted to the following Executive Directors of the Company:
Name | Number of Options granted | Existing options over Ordinary Shares held | Total Options over Ordinary Shares held following grant |
Richard Buick, CSO | 100,000 | 180,000 | 280,000 |
James Fair, CFO | 100,000 | 275,000 | 375,000 |
Following the grant of the Options, the Company has options in issue over a total of 2,542,883 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.77 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 2,439,133 of the options have been issued pursuant to the Scheme and the balance of 103,750 options have been issued outside of the scheme.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Richard Buick | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Scientific Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Fair | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
Enquiries:
Fusion Antibodies plc | www.fusionantibodies.com | |
Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer James Fair, Chief Financial Officer | Via Walbrook PR | |
| ||
Allenby Capital Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 | |
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance) Tony Quirke (Sales and Corporate Broking) |
| |
Walbrook PR | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] | |
Anna Dunphy | Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001 | |
Paul McManus | Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 | |
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 CDRx TM 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 200 humanisation projects and has an 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 Biotech companies get to the clinic faster, with the optimal drug candidate and ultimately speed up the drug development process.
The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market was valued at $135.4 billion in 2018 and is forecast to surpass $212.6 billion in 2022, an increase at a CAGR of 12.0 per cent. for the period 2018 to 2022. In 2017, seven of the world's ten top selling drugs were antibody-based therapeutics with the combined annual sales of these drugs exceeding $63.2 billion.
2017
Grant of options
15 September 2022
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces that the Company has today granted 1,480,800 options (the "Options") over ordinary shares of 4 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to certain Executive Directors and employees of the Company. The Options were granted pursuant to the Fusion Antibodies EMI and Unapproved Employee Share Option Scheme (the "Scheme"), adopted by the Company on 11 December 2017.
The Options have an exercise price of 47.50 pence per Option, being the closing mid-market price of an Ordinary Share on 14 September 2022, the day prior to grant. The Options will vest equally over a three-year period, with one third of the Options vesting on each anniversary following the grant date and subject to continuing employment only. Once vested, the Options can be exercised for a period of ten years from the grant date.
200,000 of the Options have been granted to the following Executive Directors of the Company:
Name | Number of Options granted | Existing options over Ordinary Shares held | Total Options over Ordinary Shares held following grant |
Richard Buick, CSO | 100,000 | 180,000 | 280,000 |
James Fair, CFO | 100,000 | 275,000 | 375,000 |
Following the grant of the Options, the Company has options in issue over a total of 2,542,883 Ordinary Shares, representing 9.77 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. 2,439,133 of the options have been issued pursuant to the Scheme and the balance of 103,750 options have been issued outside of the scheme.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | Richard Buick | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Scientific Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||
a) | Name | James Fair | ||||
2 | Reason for the notification | |||||
a) | Position/status | Director - Chief Financial Officer | ||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment | Initial notification | ||||
3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||
a) | Name | Fusion Antibodies plc | ||||
b) | LEI | 213800KBAYRC9VOQ9V39 | ||||
4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code | Options over ordinary shares of 4p each in Fusion Antibodies plc Identification code (ISIN) for Fusion Antibodies plc ordinary shares: GB00BDQZGK16 | ||||
b) | Nature of the transaction | Grant of options over ordinary shares
| ||||
c) | Price(s) and volume(s) |
| ||||
d) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price | N/A | ||||
e) | Date of the transaction | 15 September 2022 | ||||
f) | Place of the transaction | Outside a trading venue | ||||
Enquiries:
Fusion Antibodies plc | www.fusionantibodies.com | |
Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer James Fair, Chief Financial Officer | Via Walbrook PR | |
| ||
Allenby Capital Limited | Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656 | |
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance) Tony Quirke (Sales and Corporate Broking) |
| |
Walbrook PR | Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] | |
Anna Dunphy | Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001 | |
Paul McManus | Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 | |
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 CDRx TM 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 200 humanisation projects and has an 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 Biotech companies get to the clinic faster, with the optimal drug candidate and ultimately speed up the drug development process.
The global monoclonal antibody therapeutics market was valued at $135.4 billion in 2018 and is forecast to surpass $212.6 billion in 2022, an increase at a CAGR of 12.0 per cent. for the period 2018 to 2022. In 2017, seven of the world's ten top selling drugs were antibody-based therapeutics with the combined annual sales of these drugs exceeding $63.2 billion.
