Fusion Antibodies - Update on Board changes
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Fusion Antibodies PLC
14 March 2022
Fusion Antibodies plc
("Fusion" or the "Company")
Update on Board changes
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery,
engineering and supply for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications,
announces an update on the changes to the Board of the Company, further to
the Company's announcement on 21 February 2022.
Richard Jones has now stepped down from his role as CEO, effective from 11
March 2022. Simon Douglas, Chairman of Fusion, supported by James Fair
(Chief Financial officer), Richard Buick (Chief Scientific Officer) and the senior
management, will assume responsibility for the running of the business while
the arrangements for a new CEO are finalised. A formal search for a new CEO
is currently underway and continues as planned.
The Board confirms that trading for the current year ending 31 March 2022
remains in line with expectations.
Enquiries:
Fusion Antibodies plc
Simon Douglas, Chairman
James Fair, Chief Financial Officer
Allenby Capital Limited
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance)
Tony Quirke (Sales and Corporate Broking)
Walbrook PR
Anna Dunphy
Paul McManus
www.fusionantibodies.com
Via Walbrook PR
Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656
Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780
or fusion@walbrookpr.com
Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001
Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893
About Fusion Antibodies plc
Fusion is a Belfast-based Collaborative Research Organisation ("CRO")
company, listed on AIM, providing a range of antibody engineering services
for the development of antibodies for both therapeutic drug and diagnostic
applications.
Fusion provides a broad range of services in antibody generation,
development, characterisation, optimisation, and small-scale production.
These services include antigen expression, purification and sequencing,
antibody humanisation using Fusion's proprietary CDRxTM platform and cell
line development, producing antibody generating stable cell lines optimised
for use downstream by the customer to produce material for clinical trials.
Since 2012, the Company has successfully sequenced and expressed over
250 antibodies and successfully completed over 200 humanisation projects
for its international customer base, which has included eight of the top 10
global pharmaceutical companies by revenue.
At every stage, our client's vision is central to how we work in combining the
latest technological advances with cutting edge science. In this work our
world-class humanization and antibody optimization platforms harness the
power of natural somatic hypermutation (SHM) to ensure the best molecule
goes to the clinic. Fusion Antibodies' growth strategy is based on enabling
Pharma and Biotech companies get to the clinic more effectively, using
molecules with optimized therapeutic profile and enhanced potential for
successful development and approval and, ultimately, on speeding up the
drug discovery and development process. Fusion's use of SHM to create a
fully human antibody library to capture the human antibody repertoire will
address a continuing market need in antibody discovery,
Fusion Antibodies' emphasis on antibody therapeutics is based on the size
and growth rate in the sector, with the market valued at $135.4 billion in
2018 and forecast to surpass $300 billion by 2025, a CAGR of 14.26%. As of
May 2021, there were 100 approved antibody therapies on the market and
more than 570 antibody therapies in clinical development.
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