Adaptimmune Announces Oral Presentation of Allogeneic SPEAR T-cell Program at 2019 ASGCT Meeting


- Presentation to include overview of substantial progress of Adaptimmune’s off-the-shelf SPEAR T-cell platform -

- Data will show that hiPSC-derived allogeneic SPEAR T-cells have a T-cell phenotype and demonstrate tumor antigen-specific activation in vitro -

PHILADELPHIA and OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom, April 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq:ADAP), a leader in T-cell therapy to treat cancer, announces an oral presentation by Dr. Jo Brewer, VP of Platform Sciences, summarizing data from Adaptimmune’s off‑the‑shelf SPEAR T-cell program at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) Annual Meeting that will be held from April 29 to May 2, 2019 in Washington, DC. Details on date and time of the presentation can be found below.

Oral presentation details:
Title: Differentiating T-Cells from Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) to Create Off-The-Shelf SPEAR T-Cell Therapies
Session title: Immunotherapy II
Session Date/Time: Thursday May 2, 2019 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM (EDT)
Presentation Time: 11:30am - 11:45am
Room: Heights Courtyard 1
Final abstract: #990, p. 460 (https://bit.ly/2PeMtDZ)

About Adaptimmune
Adaptimmune is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel cancer immunotherapy products for cancer patients. The Company’s unique SPEAR (Specific Peptide Enhanced Affinity Receptor) T‑cell platform enables the engineering of T-cells to target and destroy cancer across multiple solid tumors. For more information, please visit http://www.adaptimmune.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA). These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, and include, without limitation: the success, cost and timing of our product development activities and clinical trials and our ability to successfully advance our TCR therapeutic candidates through the regulatory and commercialization processes. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to our business in general, we refer you to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 27, 2019, and our other SEC filings. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date the statements were made and we do not undertake any obligation to update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

Adaptimmune Contacts:

Media Relations:
Sébastien Desprez – VP, Communications and Investor Relations
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Investor Relations:
Juli P. Miller, Ph.D. – Senior Director, Investor Relations
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Juli.Miller@adaptimmune.com