Celyad to Announce Full Year 2019 Financial Results and Host Conference Call

MONT-SAINT-GUIBERT, Belgium, March 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celyad (Euronext Brussels and Paris, and Nasdaq: CYAD), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of CAR-T cell-based therapies, today announced that the Company will report full year 2019 financial and operating results on the evening of Tuesday, March 24, 2020.

Following the press release, Celyad management will host a conference call on Wednesday, March 25 at 1 p.m. CET / 8 a.m. ET to discuss full year 2019 results and provide an update on the Company’s recent progress and upcoming milestones.

Participants may access the conference call by dialing [phone]. The conference ID for the call is 1392585. Alternatively, participants may access the conference call by dialing the following local numbers: Belgium 02 401 70 35, France 01 76 72 89 28, Netherlands 020 7188527 and United States 1 917 720 0181.

To access the subsequent archived recording, visit the "Events & Webcasts" section of the Celyad website.

Additionally, in consideration of growing concerns over the spread of coronavirus disease, COVID-19, the Company has decided to postpone its upcoming Research & Development Day, previously scheduled for March 18^th, until later in the year.

About Celyad

Celyad is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of specialized CAR-T cell-based product candidates and utilizes its expertise in cell engineering to target cancer. Celyad’s CAR-T cell platform has the potential to treat a broad range of solid and hematologic tumors. The company’s lead clinical candidate, CYAD-01, an autologous NKG2D-based CAR-T therapy, is currently being evaluated in several Phase 1 clinical trials to assess safety and clinical activity for the treatment of hematological malignancies, such as acute myeloid leukemia, and solid cancers, such as metastatic colorectal cancer. Celyad is also developing CYAD-101, an investigational, non-gene edited, allogeneic (donor derived) NKG2D-based CAR-T therapy, which is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 trial for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Celyad was founded in 2007 and is based in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium, and New York, NY. Celyad’s ordinary shares are listed on the Euronext Brussels and Euronext Paris exchanges, and its American Depository Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market, all under the ticker symbol CYAD. Celyad has received funding from the Walloon Region (Belgium) to support the advancement of its CAR-T cell therapy programs.