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AFFIMED N.V.

On January 9, 2023, Affimed N.V. (Nasdaq: AFMD) (“Affimed,” or the “Company”) issued a press release titled “Affimed Reports on Corporate Progress and Provides Regulatory Update for AFM13” announcing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a written response to the Company’s pre-investigational new drug (“IND”) meeting request for the AFM13 and Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc. AB-101 co-administered combination therapy in relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma and the exploratory arm evaluating the combination in r/r CD30-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Based on the written response, Affimed remains on track to submit an IND in the first half of 2023 and, subject to FDA clearance of the IND, to initiate a clinical study during 2023.

The press release also provided updates regarding Affimed’s other clinical stage programs:

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AFM24-101: Affimed continues to enroll patients in the expansion phase of the AFM24 monotherapy study at the recommended phase 2 dose. The expansion cohorts include patients with renal cell carcinoma (clear cell), non-small cell lung cancer (EGFR mutant) and colorectal cancer.

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AFM24-102: Enrollment is completed in the 480 mg dose escalation cohort of the phase 1/2a combination study of AFM24 with the anti-PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab (Tecentriq^®) in patients with advanced epidermal growth factor receptor-expressing solid tumors. AFM24-102 includes patients with non-small cell lung cancer (EGFR wildtype), gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma and pancreatic/hepatocellular/biliary tract cancer. No dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) have been observed thus far in the dose escalation.

Data from the first cohort (4 patients at 160 mg dose) of the phase 1 dose escalation study presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer in November 2022 showed that clinical activity was observed in two patients. A patient with gastric cancer and skin metastases who had rapidly progressed following four prior lines of therapy, including a PD-1 inhibitor, achieved a partial response. A second patient with pancreatic adenocarcinoma showed stable disease beyond four months. Patients being enrolled in the study are required to have progressed or relapsed on standard of care therapies.

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AFM24-103: In the phase 1/2a combination study of AFM24 with SNK01, NKGen Biotech’s ex vivo expanded and activated autologous NK cell therapy, enrollment has been completed in the dose cohort of 480 mg AFM24 weekly, with no DLTs observed to date.

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AFM28 (CD123/CD16A): In December 2022, clinical trial applications were cleared in France and Spain.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is being furnished and shall not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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	AFFIMED N.V.

Date: January 9, 2023	By:	/s/ Adi Hoess
	Name: Adi Hoess
	Title: Chief Executive Officer

	By:	/s/ Angus Smith
	Name: Angus Smith
	Title: Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit		Description of Exhibit

99.1		Affimed N.V. Press Release dated January 9, 2023.