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Avacta Group PLC
LON:AVCT
At Avacta we have developed Affimer technology, an engineered alternative to antibodies. Based on a small protein, Affimer technology can be quickly developed to bind with high specificity and affinity to a wide range of targets. Affimer proteins can be developed as therapeutic molecules and can be used in a wide range of other life sciences applications in research and diagnostics.
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Avacta’s CTO to present Affimer data at Biomarkers and Precision Medicine Congress
The biotech company said Dr Matt Johnson would present data showing how the Affimer technology can be used to simplify diagnostics and other immunoassays
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FTSE 100 closes down nearly 2% as the big sell-off continues
The UK blue-chip benchmark finished down nearly 139 points lower at 7,006 - not far from the 7,000 mark
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Avacta rises as it secures licensing deal with New England Biolabs for Affimer technology
The biotechnology firm said it had been collaborating with NEB to develop Affimers to combine with NEB’s reagents (a substance used for chemical analysis)
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Avacta making “significant progress” with Affimer partnering discussions
The junior biotech is confident it can deliver at least one “lucrative” licensing deal for its Affimer technology over the next 18 months
FTSE 100 finishes in negative territory; Royal Mail slumps - again
FTSE 100 was on the losing team all day and closed down over 21 points at 7,474
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Ferguson to report robust full year sales growth as US construction market booms
The day ahead includes full year earnings from Ferguson and Revolution Bars
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Jack’s store roll-out in focus as Tesco reports first half results
The week ahead includes Tesco interims, full-year earnings from DFS Furniture and Ferguson, an Electrocomponents trading update and the US non-farm payrolls report
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Tasty and Pathfinder Minerals among Friday’s notable losers
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FTSE 100 surges higher as Brexit talks reach impasse; pound plunges
Around 4pm, the UK bluechip index was 109 points higher at 7,476, just easing back from the session peak of 7,495 after a strong week
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Small cap movers: Litter hits the fan for investors in Kitty Bingo owner
Stride Gaming was the big faller during an active week for junior stocks
Avacta taps market as it eyes further licensing deals this year
The company has made solid progress with a number of partners, such as Moderna, Glythera and FIT Biotech. It has raised money to, among other things, enter into more drug development partnerships
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Small cap movers: Avacta leads the pack on what's been a busy week for news
It has been a good week for one of AIM's most innovative companies
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Bellzone Mining exploring possible sale of its major assets
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Avacta Group appoints Immunocore’s Eliot Forster as non-executive chairman
The AIM-listed firm said Dr Trevor Nichols, who has acted as chairman of the board since January 2014, will remain on the board as non-executive director
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FTSE 100 closes account firmly higher, bolstered by weaker pound
The UK pound shed 0.38% against the Euro, while it was off 0.30% against the US dollar.
Brave Bison shares surge after report names it third largest digital media publisher
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Proactive news snapshot: Arc Minerals, Avacta Group, Bloomsbury Publishing …
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Avacta hails encouraging results of tie-up with Finnish firm, shares gain
Avacta has teamed up with FIT Biotech to find a way of delivering DNA treatments more effectively
FTSE 100 continues record-breaking run but big retailers lag
The UK blue chip index closed around 18 points higher at 7,877
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Polymetal shares lose their shimmer as it goes on a shopping spree
Polymetal has acquired an 85% stake in one copper-gold deposit, sold an 85% in another copper-gold project, and it has also upped its stake in a silver property
Avacta on track to deliver pre-clinical milestones this year
The company is making progress with its lead immuno-oncology programmes
FTSE 100 closes below 7,200 as pound firms and crude weakens
The FTSE 100 closed below the 7,200 level as sterling continues to strengthen against the dollar
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Elektron Technology shares rise as subsidiary inks distribution agreement
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FTSE 100 closes higher ending an "ugly quarter"; GKN top riser after Melrose succeeds in bid
Turnaround group Melrose received valid acceptances for its offer for GKN representing around 52.43% of the voting rights
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Flying Brands lifts off as it confirms advanced talks regarding a North American acquisition
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Avacta Group looks to Asia for partner as it plans first Affimer clinical trial
In-vivo data will be key in securing licensing deals with large pharmaceutical companies
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FTSE 100 closes firmly lower as strong pound weighs
The FTSE 100 index – which is chock full of dollar earners – closed around 108 points lower at 7,170
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Smith & Nephew tops the Footsie after upgrade from JP Morgan Cazenove
Further down the food chain, Avacta, the company behind the Affirma technology - small, engineered proteins that are capable of binding specific molecular targets - got a lift from a research report by Capital Network.
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Connect plunges as speculators play pass the parcel
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Interest in Avacta’s Affimer technology continues to grow as biotech unveils latest research partnership
This time it is with OncoSec Medical, which wants to use its own gene delivery platform to deliver Avacta’s Affimers into tumour cells
Avacta boss praises “strong” progress made in first half
“We have continued to grow the number and extent of the data packages demonstrating the power of the Affimer technology in therapeutic and non-therapeutic applications which build the commercial case and de-risk the technology for third par
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Avacta agrees licensing deal with antibody drug conjugates specialist Glythera
"I am delighted with the reciprocal arrangements that we have put in place with Glythera allowing both companies to develop Affimer-Permalink drug conjugates," said Avacta's CEO, Alastair Smith
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Contract wins boost shares in both WANdisco and Corero Network Security
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FTSE 100 closes higher; Next keeps festive cheer rolling
On a separate note, Mifid II comes into force today with the aim of increasing transparency and making everyone in the investment chain more accountable for their decisions
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Proactive news snapshot: FFI Holdings, Metal Tiger, Bezant Resources, Kin Group
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Savannah Resources soars as it receives environmental permits for high-grade copper deposits in Oman
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Avacta partner to present data on breakthrough technology at Barcelona conference
Avacta’s chief executive, Dr Alastair Smith, said the presentation provided “strong, independent validation of the technical performance of Affimer reagents and is important to our commercialisation of the technology”
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FTSE 100 joins global sell-off to close lower
Data out yesterday suggested Chinese industrial production growth is starting to slow, which is bad news for miners, but Fresnillo topped Footsie today
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Interest in Affimer technology at record levels, which bodes well for Avacta
Affimers are small, engineered proteins, some of which are of human origin and some plant-derived. They are capable of binding specific molecular targets, in a similar way to antibodies.
FTSE 100 closes near flat as traders look for direction; Dow Jones surges
The UK blue chip index closed its account on Tuesday up 2.09 at 7,526.
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Conroy Gold rallies after being awarded all costs in court battle with dissident shareholder
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FTSE 100 closes higher as Catalan president's speech in the spotlight
The UK benchmark finished the day at 7,538, up 30.38 points
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SSE rallies despite HSBC trimming its price target
SSE may have rallied, but Centrica remained down in the dumps, after HSBC trimmed its price target for the British Gas owner to 190p from 202p.
Patient heal thyself - Avacta teams up with Finnish biotech firm to develop system that allows body to create its own drugs
Avacta chief executive, Dr Alastair Smith, said the collaboration could lead to “multiple therapeutic benefits and create a best-in-class gene therapy combination with significant potential”
FTSE 100 closes firmly in positive territory as sterling slides
The FTSE 100 rose to within a couple of points of 7,500 after US markets opened higher
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Future PLC raises expectations as chairman signals intention to bow out
Peter Allen will not be going back to the Future board room after February's AGM
Pioneering Avacta making progress on all fronts
The two parts of the business - the commercial arm and research function - appear to be firing on all cylinders
FTSE 100 barely changed after PM's speech; Centrica slides
Not much happening among the blue-chips but Image Scan and Future were among the big movers in the small caps sector
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Tesco set for 'upbeat interims', but Topps Tiles' trading update expected to be drab
The day ahead includes first half numbers from supermaket giant Tesco PLC and a fourth quarter trading update from struggling tiles retailer Topps Tiles PLC
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Greencore Group dives following product recall in the US
The US Food and Drug Administration's sampling found some Listeria monocytogenes in Greencore's sandwiches
Avacta ramps up US offensive with a the appointment of three-strong business development team
The company said the move would allow it to exploit the rapidly growing interest its Affimer alternative to antibodies
FTSE 100 closes firmly higher as weak pound gives it a boost
FTSE 100 closed over 66 points higher at 7,438 with budget carrier easyJet the top flyer
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Tesco and Greggs to give a taste of high street conditions; hurricanes could have blown away US jobs
Week ahead to include first half results from supermarkets giant Tesco PLC, an update from high bakery chain Greggs PLC (LON:GRG), and the latest US jobs data
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Well-received earnings gives Plus500 a boost
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Avacta Group “significant technical and commercial” headway
Avacta said it has developed multiple PD-L1 inhibitors, which are designed to use the body's own immune system to battle cancer
FTSE 100 closes at 7,531 as new highs come in to view
The FTSE 100 index closed up 20.23 at 7,531, below the session peak of 7,533.74 and well above the day’s low of 7,511.71
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Avacta says two leading US biotechs are using the company's technology
The deals followed technical evaluations of the technology.
FTSE 100 closes below 7,500; Marks & Spencer top riser
The pound has given up some of its recent gains, which has helped the internationally-focused firms on the FTSE 100
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Fruitflow dietary supplement group Provexis gets a boost
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Avacta awarded patent for Affirmer technology in China
The principal patent protecting the Affimer technology has been accepted
Footsie up ahead of close; unrest at ITV hits shares
The bulls could not quite push the top-share index above 7,400. Tomorrow they'll have a harder job with ex-div stocks lopping about 14 points off the Footsie
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Small cap movers: PhotonStar shines out on internet-of-things platforms roll-out to student accomodation
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Motif Bio gains as Rodman & Renshaw hikes target price
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Avacta Group says it is at "value inflection point" as customer trial results in deal
The deal validates the licensing model, says chief executive, Dr Alastair Smith
FTSE 100 closes over 2% higher as France vote cheers
The FTSE 100 closed 150 points, or 2.11% higher, as investors welcomed Macron's result in the first round of France's presidential election
Innovative Avacta building the framework for success
Avacta has developed an innovative protein-scaffold platform, with potential applications in the life sciences research, diagnostic and therapeutic markets
Finncap highlights upcoming immunogenicity data for Avacta's Affimer protein scaffold as another key "milestone“
The data, expected in the next month or so, will keep the biotech firm on track to take the first Affimer candidate into phase 1 studies, targeted for 2019
Capital Network analyst thinks biotech firm Avacta "significantly undervalued"
Riccardo Lowi said his sum-of-the-parts valuation for Avacta produces an equity value of £140mln, against a current market cap of around £50mln
FTSE 100 stocks endure a refund as supermarket Morrison falls
FTSE 100 stocks bagged a net loss on Thursday after supermarket chain WM Morrison fell on an uncertain outlook
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Day ahead: Morrison's results revival expected; ECB to hold pat on policy
The FTSE 100-listed food retailer reported a 2.9% increase in its like-for-like sales, for the first nine weeks of the fourth quarter - its best performance in seven years.
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Limited wiggle in the Budget for Hammond
The Chancellor of the Exchequer may have a lower debt burden to deal with than he was expecting at the time of the Autumn Statement but he is unlikely to splurge
Avacta Group expects first licensing deal in 2017
Orders in 2016 rose by 70% as more life science company customers started to evaluate the technology
City broker expecting big things from Avacta
finnCap expects the group to more than double its share price within the next year as it continues to develop its Affimer PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors
Week Ahead: Retailers ASOS and Burberry go head-to-head
The collapse of sterling will have been a boon to both retailers
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Risers & Fallers: IronRidge, MX Oil , Prospex Oil & Gas...
Below are some of the main news-driven share price changes at 4.15pm