AMU
Aix-Marseille Universitet
Balance sheet total
Total sum of the company's assets, or alternatively the sum of the debt and the equity
Formulation
The preparation and blend of pharmaceutical ingredients
CAPEX
Capital expenditures
Equity per share
Equity divided by the number of shares at the end of the period
Fill and finish
The last step in the vaccine manufacturing process
Freeze drying
Also called lyophilization. The process of conserving something by freezing it and then subjecting it to a vacuum which removes the ice
Intravenous
Injectable drugs
Cash flow per share
The cash flow divided with the average number of shares during the period
KeyPlant
Swedish company the builds production facilities for the pharma industry
LaminarPace
Ziccum's patented technology that gently dries liquid biopharmaceuticals such as vaccines or protein therapeutics into a particle engineered powder product
Micronized
Finely ground powder
OPEX
Operational expenditures
Employee stock option
The right that in the future buy shares to a predetermined price
Result per share before and after dilution
Result divided by number of shares at the end of the period (dilution effects are not recalculated in the event of a negative result)
Semi-continuous process
Process where new substrate is added at regular intervals and residual product is taken out without being replaced
Spin-out
Part of a company is made into a new independent company
Synthetic options
Option that does not give the right to a share but instead cash compensation
Tech transfer
Moving technology from one organization to another
Warrant
A security that gives the holder the right to buy a newly issued share at a certain price for a certain period
Topical
A drug that is applied topically is given on body surfaces such as skin or mucous membranes
US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Organisation that is driven by U.S. Department of Commerce
Vaccine platform
Different types of vaccine technologies e.g. mRNA, DNA, live attenuated virus, inactivated virus, viral vectors, adenavirus or protein-based vaccine
Vaporize
When liquid or a solid changes to gaseous form
Lyophilization
Freeze drying
mRNA
messenger RNA, is RNA that's used to carry DNA's genetic code outside the cell nucleus
Technology platform
Could for example be different types of vaccine technologies e.g. mRNA, DNA, live attenuated virus, inactivated virus, viral vectors, adenavirus or protein-based vaccine
HPV
Human papillomavirus
LNP
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), are nanoparticles composed of lipids
N2
Nitrogen
Nebulizer
A nebulizer devise changes medication from a liquid to a mist
RNA
RNA therapy modifies or provides ribonucleic acid (RNA) to patients' cells