Appointment of Auditor

RNS Number : 7172M

Roquefort Therapeutics PLC

16 January 2023

 

16 January 2023

Roquefort Therapeutics plc

("Roquefort Therapeutics" or the "Company")

Appointment of Auditor

Roquefort Therapeutics (LSE:ROQ, OTCQB:ROQAF), the Main Market listed biotech company focused on developing first in class medicines in the high value and high growth oncology market , announces that it has appointed BDO LLP as its auditors with immediate effect.  The appointment of BDO LLP will be subject to approval by shareholders at the next Annual General Meeting of the Company.

As previously announced on 1 December 2022, Jeffreys Henry LLP resigned as the Company's auditors and confirmed that there are no circumstances connected with their resignation which they considered should be brought to the attention of the Company's members or creditors in accordance with Section 519 of the Companies Act 2006.

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Enquiries:

Roquefort Therapeutics plc
Stephen West (Chairman) / Ajan Reginald (CEO)	[phone]
Hybridan LLP (Joint Broker) Claire Louise Noyce Optiva Securities Limited (Joint Broker)	[phone]
Christian Dennis Buchanan (Public Relations) Ben Romney / Jamie Hooper / George Beale	[phone] [phone]

LEI: ‎254900P4SISIWOR9RH34

About Roquefort Therapeutics

Roquefort Therapeutics (LSE:ROQ, OTCQB:ROQAF) is a Main Market listed biotech company developing first in class drugs in the high value and high growth oncology segment prior to partnering or selling to big pharma.

Since listing in March 2021, Roquefort Therapeutics has successfully acquired Lyramid Pty Limited, a leader in the development of medicines for a new therapeutic target, Midkine (a human growth factor associated with cancer progression), and most recently acquired Oncogeni Ltd, founded by Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Martin Evans, which has developed two families of innovative cell and RNA oncology medicines.

Roquefort Therapeutics' portfolio consists of four fully funded, novel patent-protected pre-clinical anti-cancer medicines.  The highly complementary profile of four best-in-class medicines consists of:

· Midkine antibodies with significant in vivo efficacy and toxicology studies;

· Midkine RNA therapeutics with novel anti-cancer gene editing action;

· STAT-6 siRNA therapeutics targeting solid tumours with significant in vivo efficacy; and

· MK cell therapy with direct and NK-mediated anti-cancer action.

For further information on Roquefort Therapeutics, please visit www.roquefortplc.com and @RoquefortTherap on Twitter.

 

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