Ablynx’s Notice of H1 Results With Webcast

GHENT, BELGIUM--(Marketwire - August 16, 2012) -

GHENT, Belgium, 16 August 2012 - Ablynx [Euronext Brussels: ABLX] announces its half-year results will be posted on Wednesday, 22 August 2012 after market close.

Dr Edwin Moses, Chairman and CEO of Ablynx, will host a conference call and live webcast on the results, followed by a Q&A session on Thursday, 23 August 2012 at 16.00 CET.

To dial into the conference call, please use the following number: +32 (0)2 400 34 63.

Ahead of the call, the results presentation will be made available on Ablynx’s website, www.ablynx.com. The live webcast can be accessed via the following link. Users are recommended to register at least 10 minutes ahead of the event. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company’s website after the call.

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 human diseases, including inflammation, haematology, oncology and pulmonary disease. Today, the Company has approximately 25 programmes in the pipeline and seven Nanobodies are at clinical development stage. Ablynx has ongoing research collaborations and significant partnerships with major pharmaceutical companies, including Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck Serono and Novartis. The Company is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium. More information can be found on www.ablynx.com.

Press release in pdf format: http://hugin.info/137912/R/1634486/524782.pdf

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