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Nanobodies ® - Inspired by nature Caplacizumab, anti-vWF Nanobody ® , potentially changing the treatment paradigm in TTP: results of the TITAN trial Selected for “BEST OF ASH” American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2014

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Nanobodies® -

Inspired by nature

Caplacizumab, anti-vWF Nanobody®,

potentially changing the treatment

paradigm in TTP:

results of the TITAN trial

Selected for “BEST OF ASH”

American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting 2014

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Forward looking statements

Certain statements, beliefs and opinions in this presentation are forward-looking, which reflect the Company or, as appropriate, the Company directors’ current expectations and projections about future events. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions could adversely affect the outcome and financial effects of the plans and events described herein. A multitude of factors including, but not limited to, changes in demand, competition and technology, can cause actual events, performance or results to differ significantly from any anticipated development. Forward looking statements contained in this presentation regarding past trends or activities should not be taken as a representation that such trends or activities will continue in the future. As a result, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release any update or revisions to any forward-looking statements in this presentation as a result of any change in expectations or any change in events, conditions, assumptions or circumstances on which these forward-looking statements are based. Neither the Company nor its advisers or representatives nor any of its parent or subsidiary undertakings or any such person ’ s officers or employees guarantees that the assumptions underlying such forward-looking statements are free from errors nor does either accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of the forward-looking statements contained in this presentation or the actual occurrence of the forecasted developments. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this presentation.

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Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)

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• consumes platelets severe thrombocytopenia

• blocks microvasculature tissue ischemia with neurological,

myocardial, renal signs & symptoms

• leads to red blood cell fragmentation hemolytic anemia

ULvWF

multimers

ADAMTS13

Platelet strings

microvasculature

endothelium

• Rare disease: reported incidence 5 -11 cases per million people per year

• PE (plasma exchange) decreased mortality from 90% to 10-20% today

• Risk of recurrence: 20-30%

Microvascular

thrombosis

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Caplacizumab is an anti-vWF Nanobody

28 kD

Caplacizumab binds A1 domain of vWF

prevents platelets being consumed in

microthrombi with ULvWF

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Random

isation

Primary endpoint: Time to confirmed normalisation of

platelet count

Secondary endpoints: Exacerbations/relapses; mortality; safety

1:1 single blind

Daily PE

Daily PE

Caplacizumab N=36

1 year follow-up

1 year follow-up

Long-term endpoint:

Relapse

Target – 110 subjects

Trial stopped early in March 2014

75 subjects enrolled over 3 years in 32 sites in Europe, US, Israel and Australia

Placebo N=39

30 days

30 days

1-month

FU

TITAN trial design

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Balanced baseline characteristics

Proportion of subjects Caplacizumab

N = 36

Placebo

N= 39

Initial episode 67% 69%

Female gender 67% 51%

ADAMTS13 activity* < 10% 78% 77%

10% 6% 15%

missing 17% 8%

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* ADAMTS13 activity: fluorogenic FRETS-VWF73 method (central lab, Dr. Kremer Hovinga, Bern, Switzerland)

Mean baseline value Caplacizumab

N = 36

Placebo

N= 39

Platelets (109/L) – mean SD 21 ( 18) 28 ( 20)

LDH (U/L) – mean SD 1,277 ( 853) 1,270 ( 939)

Age (years) – mean SD 41 ( 13) 43 ( 13)

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Concomitant treatment for the presenting TTP episode

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Proportion of subjects Caplacizumab

N = 36

Placebo

N = 39

Tapered plasma exchange 31% 28%

Concomitant corticosteroids 89% 92%

Rituximab use during daily PE 6% (1)* 23%(2)*

(1) 0 of 2 subjects had exacerbation or relapse in caplacizumab arm (2) 3 of 9 subjects had exacerbation in placebo arm (4, 9 and 27 days after rituximab start)

* 2 of 2 subjects in caplacizumab arm and 4 of the 9 subjects in placebo arm were from a single site

• Patients with acquired TTP receive as standard of care treatment:

daily plasma exchange until platelets normalise and corticosteroids

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Primary endpoint: Kaplan-Meier curves for time to confirmed platelet normalisation

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Stratified analysis for one prior PE Yes (n = 6) or No (n = 69)

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ALX-0081 = Caplacizumab

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Stratified analysis for one prior PE Yes (n = 6) or No (n = 69)

Pro

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f su

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median 1.9 day reduction in time to platelet normalisation

Caplacizumab Placebo

Median days (95% CI),

stratum NO prior PE

3.0 (2.7, 3.9)

N = 34

4.9 (3.2, 6.6)

N = 35

Primary endpoint: Kaplan-Meier curves for time to confirmed platelet normalisation

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Stratified analysis for one prior PE Yes (n = 6) or No (n = 69)

Pro

po

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f su

bje

cts

Caplacizumab Placebo

Median days (95% CI),

stratum NO prior PE

3.0 (2.7, 3.9)

N = 34

4.9 (3.2, 6.6)

N = 35

Median days (95% CI),

stratum one prior PE

2.4 (1.9, 3.0)

N = 2

4.3 (2.9, 5.7)

N = 4

median 1.9 day reduction in time to platelet normalisation

Primary endpoint: Kaplan-Meier curves for time to confirmed platelet normalisation

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Stratified analysis for one prior PE Yes (n = 6) or No (n = 69)

Pro

po

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n o

f su

bje

cts

Caplacizumab Placebo

Median days (95% CI),

stratum NO prior PE

3.0 (2.7, 3.9)

N = 34

4.9 (3.2, 6.6)

N = 35

Median days (95% CI),

stratum one prior PE

2.4 (1.9, 3.0)

N = 2

4.3 (2.9, 5.7)

N = 4

N = 36 N = 39

Overall hazard rate ratio (95% CI)

caplacizumab vs. placebo

2.2 (1.3, 3.8)

N = 75

Stratified log-rank test p-value 0.013

Patients treated with caplacizumab achieved confirmed platelet normalisation

at more than twice the rate of those receiving placebo

Primary endpoint: Kaplan-Meier curves for time to confirmed platelet normalisation

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Platelet count normalisation was more rapidly and more consistently attained in caplacizumab arm

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Number of subjects with platelet normalisation per day after start

of study treatment

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Time to Confirmed Platelet Normalisation (Caplacizumab)

Caplacizumab Placebo

Post hoc analysis

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Key secondary endpoints at 1 month follow-up

Proportion (number) of subjects Caplacizumab

N = 36

Placebo

N = 39

Complete remission 81% (29) 46% (18)

Exacerbation 8% (3) 28% (11)

Exacerbation and/or relapse during 1 month follow-up

28% (10) 28% (11)

Deaths, n 0 2

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Caplacizumab reduces the number of exacerbations

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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75

Number of Days After Last Daily Plasma Exchange

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vents

CaplacizumabPlaceboTreatment Arm

Cumulative Count of Exacerbation and Relapse Events by Treatment Arm

• Demonstrates protective

effect of caplacizumab in

acute phase of active

TTP

• Benefit is seemingly lost

in some subjects if

caplacizumab is stopped

before underlying

disease activity is

resolved (based on

ADAMTS13 activity for

this assessment)

‘exacerbation’ ‘relapse’

Cumulative frequency of exacerbation and relapse events Post hoc analysis

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Continued underlying disease activity: possible explanation for relapses shortly after stopping caplacizumab?

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ADAMTS13 activity near end of

caplacizumab treatment 8 subjects treated with caplacizumab

with relapse (R) in 1-m FU period:

• 7 had ADAMTS13 activity < 10%

• 1 had ADAMTS13 activity ≥ 10%

22 subjects treated with caplacizumab with

no exacerbation (E) or relapse (R) in 1-m FU

period:

• 13 had ADAMTS13 activity 10%

• 3 had ADAMTS13 activity < 10%

• 6 excluded due to insufficient data

ADAMTS13 activity <10% indicative of disease activity

Post hoc analysis

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Impact of platelet protective effect on biomarkers of organ damage – exploratory analysis

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Abnormally high Troponin T or I levels at baseline were followed until normalisation

• 53% of caplacizumab treated subjects

• 46% of placebo treated subjects

Time to Troponin T or Troponin I normalisation

Pro

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f su

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Caplacizumab

Placebo

Caplacizumab

Placebo

Number of days to 1st value within normal range

• More rapid return to

normal levels of

Troponin T or I in

subjects who received

caplacizumab

• Suggests possibly

more rapid resolution of

tissue ischemia

Post hoc analysis

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Safety profile of caplacizumab in TITAN trial

Proportion of subjects Caplacizumab

N = 35

Placebo

N = 37

Subjects with any TEAE 97% 100%

- with bleeding event 54% 38%

Subjects with any TE Serious AEs 57% 51%

- with serious bleeding event 6% 5%

Subjects discontinued due to TEAE 8% 0%

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Increased bleeding tendency in caplacizumab arm

• 80% of reported events were mild

• only 3 subjects required drug treatment (tranexamic acid, methylergonovine)

• no requirement for vWF/FVIII substitution

Number of events Caplacizumab

N = 35

Placebo

N= 37

Number of TEAEs 574 545

Number of TE Serious AEs 44 36

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Summary and conclusions

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TITAN trial has demonstrated the effects of caplacizumab

• shorter time to platelet normalisation

• reduced number of exacerbations during treatment

• acceptable safety profile, with increased tendency for mild/moderate bleeding

events which were readily managed

These data suggest that caplacizumab

• prevents consumption of platelets, thereby protecting patients from further

formation of microvascular thrombi

• has the potential to become an important new treatment of acquired TTP, in

addition to plasma exchange and immunosuppressive therapy, as this

remains a challenging disease to treat

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Thanks to the Patients and Investigators + site staff who participated in the TITAN trial

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Australia

• Bird, R.

• Crispin, P.

• He, S.

• Hsu, D.

Austria

• Knoebl, P.

• Linkesch, W.

Belgium

• Breems, D. A.

• Dierickx, D.

• Efira, A.

• Sonet, A.

Bulgaria

• Peytchev, D.

France

• Chantepie, S.

Germany

• Beutel, G.

• Bommer, M.

• Chemnitz, J.

• Fischereder, M.

• Jörres, A.

• Krämer, B.

• Mühlfeld, A.

• Özcan, F.

• Scharrer, I.

Israel

• Horowitz, N.

• Inbal, A.

• Rund, D.

Italy

• Capalbo, S.F.

• Facchini, L.

• Fianchi, L.

• Giuffrida, G.

• Leone, G.

• Peyvandi, F.

Romania

• Balea, M.

• Vasilica, M.

Spain

• Arbona, C.

• Carmona, M.

• de la Rubia, J.

• Vives, S.

Switzerland

• Angelillo-Scherrer, A.

• Kremer Hovinga Strebel,

J.

• Studt, J.D.

United Kingdom

• Austin, S.

• Hunt, B.

• Martlew, V.

• Scully, M.

United States

• Antun, A.

• Blinder, M.

• DeSancho, M.

• Kaplan, R.

• Kessler, C.

• Kiss, J.

• Knovich, M.A

• Lerner, R.

• Metjian, A.

• Refaai, M.

• Rodgers, G.

• Sarode, R.

• Weitz, I.

• Wu, H.

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