Fusion Antibodies - AGM statement and trading update
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Fusion Antibodies PLC
08 October 2024
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8 October 2024
Fusion Antibodies plc
("Fusion"or the "Company")
AGM statement
Trading update showing significant progress
Fusion Antibodies plc (AIM: FAB), specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply for both
therapeutic drug and diagnostic applications, announces that at the Company's AGM, being held later today,
Simon Douglas, Chairman, will provide the following update on trading for the first half of the current financial
year ending 31 March 2025("HY25"):
"I am pleased to update on the positive momentum the Company has achieved through HY25, with unaudited revenues for
the period expected to be c. £1.2m (HY24: £541k, FY24: £1.14m). Unaudited gross margin for the period was 29%,
compared to -16% in the first half of the prior year, showing significant progress against our targets. Cash as at 30
September 2024 was £464k and is tracking in line with management's expectations.
"During the period, the Company expanded its collaboration agreement with the National Cancer Institute ("NCI") to
include the humanisation by Fusion of several of the NCI's existing camelid nanobodies. A new contract was secured to
develop an antibody based therapeutic with a US based biotechnology company and we entered into a contract to
develop a bespoke OptiPhageTM library. In addition, we have strengthened our investor and stakeholder engagement
through launch of a new interactive investor hub at investorhub.fusionantibodies.com.
"Cash continues to be carefully controlled and, as set out in the Company's FY24 results announced on 5 September 2024,
based on internal estimates the Company has a cash runway into the second half of FY26. The Company continues to seek
to achieve cash neutrality during that timeframe and has no plans to raise cash through an equity placement. We remain
on track and on plan with our strategic goals. The revised strategy has proven to be the correct one to ensure that Fusion is
not only sustainable but also becomes the thriving business which it deserves to be."
Enquiries:
Fusion Antibodies plc
Adrian Kinkaid, Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Smyth, Chief Financial Officer
Fusion Antibodies interactive investor hub
Allenby Capital Limited
James Reeve/Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate
Finance)
Tony Quirke/Joscelin Pinnington (Sales and
Corporate Broking)
Shard Capital Partners LLP
www.fusionantibodies.com
Via Walbrook PR
https://investorhub.fusionantibodies.com/
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3328 5656
Damon Heath (Joint Broker)
Walbrook PR
Anna Dunphy
Tel: +44 (0) 207 186 9952
Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or fusion@walbrookpr.com
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 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 $186 billion in 2021 and is forecast to surpass
$445 billion in 2028, an increase at a CAGR of 13.2 per cent. for the period 2022 to 2028. Approximately 150
monoclonal antibody therapies are approved and marketed globally as of June 2022 with the top four antibody
drugs each having sales of more than $3 bn in 2021.
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