BerGenBio to Present at H.C. Wainwright Global Life Sciences Conference

BERGEN, Norway, April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BerGenBio ASA (OSE:BGBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a pipeline of first-in-class drug candidates targeting AXL kinase to treat aggressive diseases including immune-evasive and therapy resistant cancers, announces that Richard Godfrey, BerGenBio's Chief Executive Officer, will present an overview of the Company at the H.C. Wainwright Global Life Sciences Conference today, April 9, 2019. 

The presentation slides will be available on www.bergenbio.com in the investor section at time of presentation.

About BerGenBio

BerGenBio is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative drugs targeting AXL as a potential cornerstone of therapy for aggressive diseases, including immune-evasive, therapy resistant cancers. The company's proprietary lead candidate, bemcentinib, is a potentially first-in-class selective AXL inhibitor in a broad Phase II oncology clinical development programme focussed on combination and single agent therapy in lung cancer and leukaemia. A first-in-class functional blocking anti-AXL antibody is undergoing Phase I clinical testing. In parallel, BerGenBio is developing a companion diagnostic test to identify those patient populations most likely to benefit from bemcentinib: this is expected to facilitate more efficient registration trials supporting a precision medicine-based commercialisation strategy. BerGenBio is based in Bergen, Norway with a subsidiary in Oxford, UK. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker: BGBIO). For more information, visit www.bergenbio.com

Contacts

Richard Godfrey CEO
BerGenBio ASA
+47-917-86-304

Rune Skeie CFO
BerGenBio ASA
rune.skeie@bergenbio.com
+47-917-86-513

International Media Relations

Mary-Jane Elliott
Chris Welsh
Nicholas Brown
Carina Jurs
Consilium Strategic Communications

bergenbio@consilium-comms.com 
+44-20-3709-5700

Media Relations in Norway

Jan Petter Stiff
Crux Advisers
stiff@crux.no
+47-995-13-891

Forward looking statements

This announcement may contain forward-looking statements, which as such are not historical facts, but are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. These assumptions are inherently subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this announcement by such forward-looking statements.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

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