Agenus to Host Conference Call to Discuss Global Alliance with Incyte Corporation Today at 8:30 a.m. EST

LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Agenus Inc. AGEN will host a conference call today to discuss its global license, development and commercialization agreement with Incyte Corporation INCY for novel immuno-oncology antibodies, which was announced earlier this morning.

The call will begin at 8:30 a.m. EST. To access the live call, dial 877-741-5270. A replay will be available approximately two hours after the call and will remain available for 60 days. The replay number is 404-537-3406, and the access code is 31833.

About Agenus

Agenus is an immuno-oncology company developing a portfolio of checkpoint modulators (CPMs), heat shock protein peptide-based vaccines and adjuvants. Agenus' checkpoint modulator programs target GITR, OX40, CTLA-4, LAG-3, TIM-3 and PD-1. The company's proprietary discovery engine Retrocyte Display^TM is used to generate fully human and humanized therapeutic antibody drug candidates. The Retrocyte Display^TM platform uses a high-throughput approach incorporating IgG format human antibody libraries expressed in mammalian B-lineage cells. Agenus' heat shock protein-based vaccines for cancer and infectious disease have completed Phase 2 studies in glioblastoma multiforme, and in the treatment of herpes simplex viral infection. The company's QS-21 Stimulon^® adjuvant platform is extensively partnered with GlaxoSmithKline and Janssen Sciences Ireland UC and includes several vaccine candidates in Phase 2, as well as shingles and malaria vaccines which have successfully completed Phase 3 clinical trials. For more information, please visit www.agenusbio.com, or connect with the company on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+.

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding the global alliance with Incyte Corporation. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, regulatory approval of the transaction, as well as the factors described under the Risk Factors section of our most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Agenus cautions investors not to place considerable reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this release. These statements speak only as of the date of this document, and Agenus undertakes no obligation to update or revise the statements, other than to the extent required by law. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.