STRASBOURG, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:
Transgene (Paris:TNG) (Euronext Paris: TNG), a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies announced that the Combined General Meeting of Transgene’s shareholders will be held on May 23, 2018, at 10 am at the Company’s registered office (400, boulevard Gonthier d’Andernach, 67400 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France).
The notice of meeting, comprising the agenda and the draft resolutions was published in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires (BALO) n° 39 of March 30, 2018.
These notices include information on how to attend and vote at the General Meeting.
Information and documents pertaining to the Combined General Meeting are available in the Investors / General Shareholders Meeting section of Transgene’s website www.transgene.fr/AG2018.
Notes to editors
About Transgene
Transgene (Euronext: TNG), part of
Institut Mérieux, is a publicly traded French biotechnology company
focused on designing and developing targeted immunotherapies for the
treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Transgene’s programs
utilize viral vector technology with the goal of indirectly or directly
killing infected or cancerous cells. The Company’s lead clinical-stage
programs are: TG4010, a therapeutic vaccine against non-small cell lung
cancer, Pexa-Vec, an oncolytic virus against liver cancer, and TG4001, a
therapeutic vaccine against HPV-positive head and neck cancers. The
Company has several other programs in clinical development, including
TG1050 (chronic hepatitis B) and TG6002 (solid tumors).
With its
proprietary Invir.IOTM, Transgene builds on its expertise in
viral vectors engineering to design a new generation of multifunctional
oncolytic viruses.
Transgene is based in Strasbourg, France, and
has additional operations in Lyon, as well as a joint venture in China.
Additional information about Transgene is available at www.transgene.fr.
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Disclaimer
This press release contains
forward-looking statements, which are subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially
from those anticipated. There can be no guarantee that (i) the results
of pre-clinical work and prior clinical trials will be predictive of the
results of the clinical trials currently underway, (ii) regulatory
authorities will agree with the Company’s further development plans for
its therapies, or (iii) the Company will find development and
commercialization partners for its therapies in a timely manner and on
satisfactory terms and conditions, if at all. The occurrence of any of
these risks could have a significant negative outcome for the Company’s
activities, perspectives, financial situation, results and development.
For
a discussion of risks and uncertainties which could cause the Company's
actual results, financial condition, performance or achievements to
differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, please
refer to the Risk Factors (“Facteurs de Risques”) section of the
Document de Référence, available on the AMF website (http://www.amf-france.org)
or on Transgene’s website (www.transgene.fr).
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are
made, and Transgene undertakes no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in
the future.
