25th Oct 2006 11:55
ABCAM Plc25 October 2006 For immediate release 25 October 2006 ABCAM PLC ("Abcam" or "the Company") Result of AGM Abcam plc (AIM: ABC), the rapidly growing company that markets antibodies via anonline catalogue, held its AGM in Cambridge today at which all resolutions wereduly passed. For further information please contact: Abcam + 44 (0) 1223 696000 Jonathan Milner, Chief Executive OfficerEddie Powell, Chief Financial Officerwww.abcam.com Buchanan Communications + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000 Mark CourtMary-Jane Johnson Notes for editors About Abcam Abcam is a producer and distributor of research-grade antibodies headquarteredin Cambridge, UK, with a US office located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Abcamwas admitted to AIM in November 2005 and trades under the ticker symbol ABC. TheCompany produces and distributes its own and third party produced antibodies toacademic and commercial users throughout the world with product informationprovided and ordering available through the Company's website, www.Abcam.com.The antibodies are sold almost entirely under the Abcam brandname. The Company'svision is to build the largest online antibody resource in the world while alsoensuring that the antibodies are of high quality and commercially viable. Abcamnow has an online catalogue of 25,000 products, most of which are antibodies,from over 200 suppliers supported by up-to-date and detailed technical datasheets, which are created by the Company. The Company currently employs 100staff. About antibodies Antibodies are proteins produced by white blood cells in response to theintroduction of a foreign body known as an antigen. Antibodies, which have awide variety of uses in research, diagnostics and therapeutics, are used bybioscientists in research into disease and into the human genome, where they areused to mark and identify specific cells and other living matter. The number ofhuman antibodies of use in research is potentially greater than one million. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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