VIVALIS : announces its schedule for the publication of financial information for 2012

2012 financial calendar

Nantes, Lyon (France) - 4 January 2012 - VIVALIS (NYSE Euronext:VLS), a biopharmaceutical company, today announces its schedule for the publication of financial information for 2012.

Event	Date * **
2011 annual revenues	Tuesday, 24 January 2012
2011 annual results	Thursday, 29 March 2012
Presentation of 2011 annual results	Friday, 30 March 2012, 8:30 a.m.
2012 first-quarter revenues	Thursday, 26 April 2012
2012 second-quarter revenues	Thursday, 19 July 2012
2012 first-half results	Thursday, 30 August 2012
2012 third-quarter revenues	Tuesday, 23 October 2012

* Subject to modification.

** Press releases are published after market closes

About VIVALIS (www.vivalis.com:
http://www.vivalis.com/)

VIVALIS (NYSE- Euronext: VLS) is a biopharmaceutical company that provides innovative cell-based solutions to the pharmaceutical industry for the manufacture of vaccines and proteins, and develops drugs for the prevention and treatment of unmet medical needs. VIVALIS' expertise and intellectual property are leveraged in three main areas:

1.      EB66^® Cell Line

 VIVALIS offers research and commercial licenses for its EB66^® cell line, derived from duck embryonic stem cells, to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for the production of therapeutic and prophylactic viral vaccines, virosomes, VLP's, and recombinant proteins (with a focus on monoclonal antibodies having enhanced cytotoxic activity). EB66^® cell line based vaccines are currently in clinical trials in USA and in Japan. Through these programs VIVALIS receives upfront, clinical stage milestone payments along with royalties on licensees' net sales.

2.      VIVA|Screen^TM Human Antibody Discovery Platform

Customized solutions for the discovery, development, and production of fully human monoclonal antibodies are now offered by VIVALIS. Through these programs VIVALIS receives upfront, clinical stage milestone payments along with royalties on licensees' net sales.

 3.      3D-Screen^TM  Drug Discovery Platform

VIVALIS performs discovery and development, up to pre-clinical evaluation, of original small chemical molecules identified with its proprietary platform, 3D-Screen^TM. This unique screening platform is designed to identify original molecules that alter the three-dimensional structure of a target protein, thus modulating its biological function through an innovative mode of action. VIVALIS is building a portfolio of proprietary new chemical entities for the treatment of hepatitis-C virus infection. VIVALIS also proposes, on a fee for service basis, to develop ready to use customized 3D-Screen^TM HTS assays directed against client's target protein of interest.

Based in Nantes & Lyon (France) and in Toyama (Japan) VIVALIS was founded in 1999 by the Grimaud Group (ca. 1,500 employees), a worldwide leader in animal genetic selection. VIVALIS has established more than 30 partnerships and licenses with world leaders in this sector, including Sanofi Pasteur, GlaxoSmithKline, Transgene, Pfizer Animal Health, Kaketsuken, Kitasato Daiichi Sankyo Vaccine, Merial, Merck Animal Health, SAFC Biosciences. VIVALIS is a member of the French ATLANTIC BIOTHERAPIES and LYON BIOPOLE bioclusters and a member of the Japanese OKURIKU INNOVATION CLUSTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCE in Toyama.

VIVALIS Listed on Euronext Paris - Compartment B of NYSE Euronext Reuters: VLS.PA - Bloomberg: VLS FP Included in NYSE Euronext's SBF 250, CAC Small 90 and Next Biotech indexes

 

This document contains forward-looking statements and comments on the company's objectives and strategies. No guarantee can be given as to any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements, which are subject to inherent risks, including the risk factors described in the company's registration document (document de référence), changes in economic conditions, the financial markets or the markets in which the company operates.

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Franck Grimaud, CEO

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2012_01_04_ VLS financial agenda:
http://hugin.info/143334/R/1574996/490465.pdf

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