May 17, 2018
Breda, the Netherlands / Ghent, Belgium - argenx (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases and cancer, today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Tim Van Hauwermeiren, will present at several upcoming investor conferences:
- UBS 2018 Global Healthcare Conference. Company presentation on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. ET in New York City.
- Jefferies 2018 Global Healthcare Conference. Company presentation on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. ET in New York City.
- JMP Securities Life Sciences Conference. Panel discussion on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. ET in New York City.
Live webcasts of the UBS and Jefferies presentations will be available on the Company's website at www.argenx.com. Replays of the webcasts will be available for 90 days following the presentation.
About argenx
argenx is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe auto-immune diseases and cancer. We are focused on developing product candidates with the potential to be either first-in-class against novel targets or best-in-class against known, but complex, targets in order to treat diseases with a significant unmet medical need. Our ability to execute on this focus is enabled by our suite of differentiated technologies. Our SIMPLE AntibodyTM Platform, based on the powerful llama immune system, allows us to exploit novel and complex targets, and our three antibody engineering technologies are designed to enable us to expand the therapeutic index of our product candidates.
www.argenx.com
For further information, please contact:
Joke Comijn, Corporate Communications & IR Manager
+32 (0)477 77 29 44
+32 (0)9 310 34 19
info@argenx.com
Beth DelGiacco (US IR)
Stern Investor Relations
+1 212 362 1200
beth@sternir.com
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