Affimed Added to the Russell 2000®, 3000® and Microcap Indexes
Globe Newswire

 

Heidelberg, Germany, July 1, 2019 - Affimed N.V. (Nasdaq: AFMD), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company committed to giving patients back their innate ability to fight cancer, today announced that it has been added to the Russell 2000®, Russell 3000®, and Russell Microcap® Indexes, effective after the U.S. markets closed on Friday, June 28, 2019 as part of Russell’s annual index rebalance process.

“We believe inclusion in the widely referenced Russell U.S. Indexes, with some of the most innovative public companies in the U.S., reflects Affimed’s substantial progress in the last year and is a great opportunity to generate added visibility and enhance exposure to investors,” said Dr. Adi Hoess, Affimed’s CEO. “We look forward to the prospect of building on this progress as we further advance our CD16A-targeting innate cell engager product candidates, expand our clinical stage pipeline, and explore rational combinations of our innate cell engagers with other therapeutic modalities.”

Russell U.S. Indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors as the basis for index funds and as benchmarks for active investment strategies. Approximately $9 trillion in assets are benchmarked against Russell U.S. Indexes.

For more information on the Russell U.S. Indexes reconstitution, go to the "Russell Reconstitution" page at https://www.ftserussell.com/index-series/index-resources/russell-reconstitution.

About Affimed N.V.

Affimed (Nasdaq: AFMD) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company committed to giving patients back their innate ability to fight cancer. Affimed’s fit-for-purpose ROCK® platform allows innate cell engagers to be designed for specific patient populations. The Company is developing single and combination therapies to treat cancers. For more information, please visit www.affimed.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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Affimed Investor Contact:
Gregory Gin, Head of Investor Relations
E-Mail: IR@affimed.com

Affimed Media Contact:
Anca Alexandru, Head of Communications, EU IR
E-Mail: media@affimed.com



 



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