Abingdon Health plc

("Abingdon Health" or "the Company")

Appointment of Interim Finance Director

York, U.K. 24 October 2023: Abingdon Health plc (AIM: ABDX, 'Abingdon' or 'the Company'), a leading international lateral flow contract research (CRO) and contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO), announces that Mr Andrew Feather has been appointed Interim Finance Director (non-Board) with immediate effect.

Andrew has over 25 years' experience in financial management as a seasoned interim finance director. His previous interim experience at companies in or serving the healthcare and life sciences sectors includes senior roles at Carclo plc, Tecomet Symmetry Medical Ltd, Covidien and Neoss Limited. Andrew is a qualified Chartered Management Accountant.

Initially, Andrew will work with Mrs Melanie Ross, CFO, during a handover period until Melanie leaves Abingdon on 30 November 2023.

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About Abingdon Health plc

Abingdon Health is a leading lateral flow contract research (CRO) and contract development and manufacturing organisation ("CDMO") offering its services to an international customer base across industry sectors that include clinical, animal health, plant health, and environmental testing. Abingdon Health has the internal capabilities to take projects from initial concept through to routine and large-scale manufacturing; from "idea to commercial success."

The Company's CDMO division offers product development, regulatory support, technology transfer and manufacturing services for customers looking to develop new assays or transfer existing laboratory-based assays to a lateral flow format. Abingdon Health aims to support the increase in need for rapid results across many industries and locations and produces lateral flow tests in areas such as infectious disease, clinical testing including companion diagnostics, animal health and environmental testing. Faster access to results allows for rapid decision making, targeted intervention and can support better outcomes. 

Abingdon Health's Abingdon Simply Test™ range of self-tests is an ecommerce platform that offers a range of self-tests to empowers consumers to manage their own health and wellbeing. The Abingdon Simply Test™ ecommerce site offers consumers a range of information to support them in making informed decisions on the tests available. In addition, the site provides Abingdon's contract services customers with a potential route to market for self-tests. The Abingdon Simply Test range is also sold through international distributors and through other channels in the UK and Ireland such as pharmacy chains.

Founded in 2008, Abingdon Health is headquartered in York, England.

For more information visit: www.abingdonhealth.com