Ablynx moves to commercialize caplacizumab in North America

16 October 2017
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Belgian biotech firm Ablynx (Euronext Brussels: ABLX) saw its shares gain 2.3% to 18.28 euros as markets opened this morning and following the announcement that it is establishing a subsidiary in the USA.

The company also announced that it has appointed Daniel Schneider as the general manager to lead the commercialization of caplacizumab in North America.

Mr Schneider will be based in a US office, to be located on the East Coast. Caplacizumab is the company's wholly-owned anti-von Willebrand factor (vWF) Nanobody being developed for the treatment of acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP).

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