Ablynx Will Announce Half Year Results for 2011 With Webcast

GHENT, BELGIUM--(Marketwire - August 18, 2011) -

GHENT, Belgium, 18 August 2011 - Ablynx [Euronext Brussels: ABLX] plans to announce its half year results for 2011 on 25 August 2011 after market closure.

Dr Edwin Moses, CEO and Chairman of Ablynx, will host a conference call webcast during which the half year results for 2011 will be presented, followed by a Q&A session. This event will be held on Friday, 26 August 2011 at 4.00 p.m. CET.

The conference call will be webcast live and may be accessed on the home page of the Ablynx website at www.ablynx.com. Shortly thereafter, a replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's website.

To ensure a timely connection, it is recommended that users register at least 10 minutes prior to the scheduled webcast.

About Ablynx

Ablynx is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of Nanobodies(®), a novel class of therapeutic proteins based on single-domain antibody fragments, for a range of serious and life-threatening human diseases, including inflammation, thrombosis, oncology and pulmonary disease. Today, the Company has over 25 projects in the pipeline and there are seven Nanobodies in clinical development. Ablynx has ongoing research collaborations and significant partnerships with major pharmaceutical companies, including Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck Serono, Novartis and Pfizer. The Company is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium and currently employs over 280 people. More information can be found on www.ablynx.com.

Complete version of the press release: http://hugin.info/137912/R/1539425/470461.pdf

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