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Date: 2014-08-13

Type of information: Grant

Company: Ablynx (Belgium)

Investors: Flemish Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT) (Belgium)

Amount: €2.1 million

Funding type: grant

Planned used:

This grant will help advance a wholly-owned programme, which will explore a novel approach to the treatment of diseases of the eye by utilising some of the unique characteristics of Nanobodies. The grant is available over a period of three years and will allow the development and subsequent testing of Nanobody leads in relevant pre-clinical disease models.

Others:

* On August 13, 2014, Ablynx announced that it has been awarded a €2.1 million grant by the Flemish Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT) to help advance a wholly-owned programme, which will explore a novel approach in ophthalmology.

Therapeutic area: Ophtalmological diseases

Is general: Yes