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Guy Sips ...
  • Jan Opdecam
  • Jason Kalamboussis
  • Lenny Van Steenhuyse
  • Sandra Cauwenberghs

KBC Securities Morning Note 27-6-2018 AED BB, AGFB BB, BINCK NA, BCART BB, FAGR BB, GLPG NA, IBAB BB, MDXH BB, THR BB

Aedifica: New acquisition in Germany of € 10m
Agfa: GE to spin off its healthcare business
BinckBank: Management meeting: predictable growth key
Biocartis: Positive broad performance review of Idylla
Fagron: Turning the page
Galapagos: GLPG1972: Start of phase II in osteoarthritis
IBA: Expansion of INVAP collaboration
MDxHealth: 3 SelectMDx studies to be presented
Thrombogenics: Name change to Oxurion from Sep-2018
Underlyings
Aedifica SA

Aedifica is a property company, which is specialized in residential real estate. Co.'s portfolio has a superstructure of more than 225,911 sq. m as of June 30 2010. It owns: residential or mixed buildings in Belgian cities with classical leases; buildings with furnished apartments buildings in the heart of Brussels with shorter term leases; senior houses and serviceflats with very long term and triple net leases; and hotels. Co. invests: in existing and already leased buildings; and in projects with future completion. Co.'s activities can be divided into four segments: Residential or mixed buildings; Furnished apartments buildings; Senior houses; and Hotels and others.

Agfa-Gevaert NV

Agfa-Gevaert develops, produces and distributes various analog and digital imaging systems and IT solutions, mainly for the printing industry and the healthcare sector, as well as for specific industrial applications. Co.'s operations can be divided into three business segments: Agfa Graphics, which provides integrated prepress products and services to the printing industry; Agfa HealthCare, which provides diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT products for hospitals and care centers around the world; and Agfa Specialty Products, which supplies a variety of film-based products to business- to-business customers outside the graphic and healthcare markets.

BinckBank N.V.

BinckBank is a full-service online bank for investors in Europe. Co. provides a comprehensive, user-friendly website that allows private investors to invest anywhere in the world at competitive rates. The Retail business unit services private investors under the brands Alex and Binck. Binck's services are for the active and experienced independent investor, while Alex is for the private investor who wants to get more out of his assets. In addition to serving private investors, Co. serves approximately 100 professional parties. The Professional Services business unit serves independent investment managers, banks, insurance companies and pension administrators in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Biocartis Group NV

Biocartis Group NV is a Belgium-based company, which specializes in the development of molecular diagnostic systems, especially for the treatment of cancers and infectious diseases, the products ensure the analysis of biomolecules associated with risk factors, early detection, treatment selection and monitoring of disease. The group has the Idylla system to deliver results within a period of between 35 to 150 minutes.

Fagron SA

Fagron supplies products, services to professionals and institutions in the healthcare sector in Europe, the U.S.A. and Brazil. Co.'s activities are subdivided into four divisions. Through Fagron, Co. offers products and concepts for pharmaceutical compounding. Through Arseus Dental, Co. supplies dental products and concepts to dentists and dental laboratories in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Switzerland. Through Arseus Medical, Co. supplies medical and surgical products to specialists, elderly homes, homecare nurses and hospitals in Belgium and the Netherlands. Through Corilus, Co. supplies ICT total solutions for medical specialists in Belgium, the Netherlands and France.

Galapagos NV

Galapagos is a clinical-stage biotechnology company specialized in the discovery and development of small molecule medicines with novel modes of action, addressing disease areas of high unmet medical need. Execution on its proprietary drug target discovery platform has delivered a pipeline that consists of three Phase 2, three Phase 1, five pre-clinical, and 20 discovery programs in inflammation, cystic fibrosis, or CF, osteoarthritis, and other indications. Co.'s highly flexible platform offers applicability across a broad set of therapeutic areas. Co.'s programs include filgotinib, GLPG1837, GLPG1690, GLPG2222, GLPG1972.

Ion Beam Applications SA

IBA- Ion Beam Applications develops and markets technologies and pharmaceutical products for the healthcare sector, with a focus on cancer diagnosis and therapy. Co. is also engaged in the sterilization and ionization market. Co. operates in two primary business segments: Equipment and Pharmaceuticals. Co.'s Equipment segment encompasses development, fabrication, and services associated with medical and industrial particle accelerators, proton therapy systems, and a range of dosimetry products, while Co.'s Pharmaceuticals segment encompasses the production and distribution of radiopharmaceutical agents as well as its bioassay operations.

MDxHealth S.A.

MDxHealth is a molecular diagnostics company that develops and commercializes epigenetic assays and service testing for cancer assessment and the personalized treatment of patients. Co. offers two main products: Clinical Molecular Diagnostics (ClinicalMDx) Solutions that provide physicians with tests for the identification and treatment of their cancer patients; and Pharmaco Molecular Diagnostics (PharmacoMDx) Solutions for the development of companion diagnostics, biomarker discovery, and clinical trial testing. Co.'s ClinicalMDx solutions include ConfirmMDx, InformMDx, RecurMDx, and PredictMDx.

Oxurion NV

ThromboGenics is an integrated biopharmaceutical company based in Belgium. Co. is focused on developing and commercializing ophthalmic medicines. Co.'s primary product JETREA® (ocriplasmin), has been approved by the U.S. FDA for the treatment of symptomatic Vitreomacular Adhesion (VMA). In Europe, it has been approved for the treatment of vitreomacular traction (VMT), including when associated with macular hole of diameter less than or equal to 400 microns. Co. is also further exploring anti-PIGF (Placental Growth Factor), formerly referred to as TB-403, for the treatment of ophthalmic and oncology indications.

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Guy Sips

Jan Opdecam

Jason Kalamboussis

Lenny Van Steenhuyse

Sandra Cauwenberghs

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