ABLYNX WILL ANNOUNCE ITS 2016 HALF YEAR RESULTS WITH WEBCAST ON 25 AUGUST 2016


GHENT, Belgium, Aug. 17, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ablynx [Euronext Brussels: ABLX; OTC: ABYLY] will report its 2016 half year financial results and year-to-date business update on Thursday 25 August 2016 at 7.00 am CET.

The Ablynx management team will host a conference call on Thursday 25 August 2016 at 4.00 pm CET/10.00 am ET, which will be webcast live and may be accessed by clicking here.

If you would like to participate in the Q&A session, please dial +32 (0)2 620 01 38 and use confirmation code 7155296.

Shortly after the call, a replay of the webcast and copy of the presentation will be available on the Ablynx website under http://www.ablynx.com/news/events-presentations/.

About Ablynx

Ablynx is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of Nanobodies®, proprietary therapeutic proteins based on single-domain antibody fragments, which combine the advantages of conventional antibody drugs with some of the features of small-molecule drugs. Ablynx is dedicated to creating new medicines which will make a real difference to society. Today, the Company has more than 40 proprietary and partnered programmes in development in various therapeutic areas including inflammation, haematology, immuno-oncology, oncology and respiratory disease. The Company has collaborations with multiple pharmaceutical companies including AbbVie, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eddingpharm, Genzyme, Merck & Co., Inc., Merck KGaA, Novartis, Novo Nordisk and Taisho Pharmaceuticals. The Company is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium. More information can be found on www.ablynx.com.

For more information, please contact
Ablynx:
Dr Edwin Moses
CEO
t:   +32 (0)9 262 00 07
m: +32 (0)473 39 50 68
e:  edwin.moses@ablynx.com

Marieke Vermeersch
Director IR & Corporate Communications
t:   +32 (0)9 262 00 82
m: +32 (0)479 49 06 03
e:  marieke.vermeersch@ablynx.com
Follow us on Twitter @AblynxABLX

Ablynx media/analyst relations
FTI Consulting:
Julia Phillips, Brett Pollard, Mo Noonan, Matthew Moss
t: +44 20 3727 1000
e: ablynx@fticonsulting.com

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