Stein Holst Annexstad´s Expresses Not to Seek Re-Election as Chairman of BerGenBio ASA

Bergenbio ASA is a Norway-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing drugs for aggressive diseases including cancer and severe respiratory infections. The Company's business portfolio comprises such development stage products as oral axillary lymphoscintigraphy (AXL) which is a tyrosine kinase target that mediates aggressive disease. Under normal healthy physiological conditions, there is low expression of AXL. However, in aggressive diseases, such as cancer and severe respiratory infections, AXL signaling is upregulated in response to hypoxia, inflammation, cellular stress and drug treatment. The Company's flagship product is BGB324, is a selective, potent and orally bio-available small molecule AXL inhibitor in Phase II clinical trials in cancer indications and COVID-19. BerGenBio is based in Bergen, Norway with a subsidiary in Oxford, UK.