Adaptimmune to Participate in Upcoming Jefferies Immuno-Oncology Summit

Monday, March 27, 2017 8:34 PM UTC

PHILADELPHIA and OXFORD, United Kingdom, March 27, 2017 -- Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq:ADAP), a leader in T-cell therapy to treat cancer, today announced that James Noble, Adaptimmune’s Chief Executive Officer, and Gwen Binder-Scholl, Adaptimmune’s Chief Technology Officer, will be participating on an expert panel regarding cell therapy in solid tumors at the Jefferies Immuno-Oncology Summit on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 11:45 AM EDT (4:45 PM BST). The conference is being held at the Boston Harbor Hotel in Boston, MA. Adaptimmune’s updated corporate presentation will be available at http://www.adaptimmune.com.

About Adaptimmune

Adaptimmune is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel cancer immunotherapy products. The Company’s unique SPEAR (Specific Peptide Enhanced Affinity Receptor) T‑cell platform enables the engineering of T-cells to target and destroy cancer, including solid tumors. Adaptimmune has a number of proprietary clinical programs, and is also developing its NY-ESO SPEAR T-cell program under a strategic collaboration and licensing agreement with GlaxoSmithKline. The Company is located in Philadelphia, USA and Oxfordshire, U.K. For more information, please visit http://www.adaptimmune.com

Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA). These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, and include, without limitation: the success, cost and timing of our product development activities and clinical trials and our ability to successfully advance our TCR therapeutic candidates through the regulatory and commercialization processes. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to our business in general, we refer you to our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 13, 2017, and our other SEC filings. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date the statements were made and we do not undertake any obligation to update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

Adaptimmune Contacts 

Investor Relations
Will Roberts
T:  (215) 825-9306  
E: [email protected]

Juli P. Miller, Ph.D.
T: (215) 825-9310
E: [email protected]

Media Relations
Margaret Henry 
T: +44 (0)1235 430036 
Mobile: +44 (0)7710 304249 
E: [email protected]

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