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Avacta's CSO to Present at Major US Conference
Avacta's CSO to Present at Major US Conference.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 8708B Avacta Group PLC 12 June 2019 \n\n \n12 June 2019\nAvacta Group plc\n(\"Avacta\", the \"Company\" or the \"Group\")\n \nAvacta's Chief Scientific Officer to Present at Major US Conference\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 at the Next Generation Protein Therapeutics & Bioconjugates conference in San Francisco, California on 19 June 2019. \nDr Basran's presentation, 'Affimer Therapeutics: A Novel Human Scaffold for the Generation of Bi-specific Molecules', will give an overview of the benefits of using Affimer technology to generate bispecific drug molecules.\nBispecific therapy - single molecules that engage with two drug targets simultaneously - is a major area of focus in large pharma immuno-oncology programmes. Avacta has highlighted bispecifics as a key element of its therapeutic pipeline strategy, alongside the development of its novel tumour microenvironment activated drug conjugates. \nDr Basran's presentation will highlight the stability, solubility and ease of manufacturing functional Affimer bispecifics incorporating Avacta's proprietary serum half-life extension technology (Affimer XTTM), as well as PD-L1 and LAG-3 Affimer inhibitors. \n- Ends - \n \nFor further information from Avacta Group plc, please contact: \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 (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)\nGeoff Nash / Giles Rolls - Corporate Finance\nTim Redfern - ECM\n \nWG Partners (Joint Broker)\nNigel Birks / Nigel Barnes\nDavid Wilson / Claes Spang\n \n\n\nTel: +44 (0) 207 220 0500\nwww.finncap.com\n \n \nTel: +44 (0) 203 705 9318\nTel: +44 (0) 203 705 9217\nwww.wgpartners.co.uk\n \n\n\n\n\nTurner Pope Investments\nJames Pope / Ben Turner\n \nYellow Jersey PR (Financial Media and IR)\nSarah Hollins \nHarriet Jackson\n \nZyme Communications (Trade and Regional Media)\nKatie Odgaard\n\n\nTel: +44 (0) 203 621 4120\nwww.turnerpope.com\n \n \nTel: +44 (0)7764 947 137\nTel: +44 (0)7544 275 882\navacta@yellowjerse...