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Avacta to present at PEGS Europe
Avacta to present at PEGS Europe.
About this update from Avacta Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 0469W Avacta Group PLC 13 November 2017 \n\n \n \n \n13 November 2017\n \nAvacta Group plc\n(\"Avacta\", \"the Group\" or \"the Company\")\n \nAvacta's Chief Scientific Officer to Present Therapeutics Update at PEGS Europe \n \nAvacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that its Chief Scientific Officer, Dr Amrik Basran, will be presenting an update on the Affimer therapeutics programmes at the Protein and Antibody Engineering Summit, 13-17 November 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal. \nDr Basran will present recent progress in the Affimer therapeutic programmes and will focus on PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors and half life extension methods. \n \nDr Basran will discuss new data concerning a range of Affimer proteins that bind to serum albumin, which can be used to form bispecifics to extend serum half-life. A range of species specific (human, mouse, cynomolgus monkey and dog) albumin binders have been generated and data will be presented that show that these molecules significantly extend the serum half-life of the Affimer scaffold and therefore offer a valuable alternative to other methods for the creation of biotherapeutics with long serum half-life.\n \n- Ends -\n \nFor further information from Avacta Group plc, please contact:\n \n\n\n\n\nAvacta Group plc\nAlastair Smith, Chief Executive Officer\nTony Gardiner, Chief Financial Officer\n \n\n\nTel: +44 (0) 844 414 0452\nwww.avacta.com \n\n\n\n\nfinnCap Ltd\nGeoff Nash / Giles Rolls - Nominated Adviser\nTim Redfern / Alice Lane / Nikita Jain - Corporate Broking\n \nWG Partners\nNigel Birks / Nigel Barnes\nDavid Wilson / Claes Spang\n \n\n\nTel: +44 (0) 207 220 0500\nwww.finncap.com\n \n \n \nTel: +44 (0) 203 705 9318\nTel: +44 (0) 203 705 9217\nwww.wgpartners.co.uk\n \n\n\n\n\nZyme Communications (Trade and Regional Media)\nKatie Odgaard\n \nYellow Jersey (Financial Media and IR)\nSarah Hollins\n\n\nTel: +44 (0)7787 502 947\[email protected] \n \nTel: +44 (0)7764 947137\[email protected]\n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \nAbout Avacta Group plc (www.avacta.com)\nAvacta's principal focus is on its proprietary Affimer® technol...