Coherus BioSciences Announces New Employment Inducement Grants

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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherus BioSciences, Inc. CHRS, today announced that effective June 21, 2018, the compensation committee of the company's board of directors granted 8 new employees options to purchase an aggregate of 142,000 shares of the company's common stock with a per share exercise price of $16.30, the closing trading price on the grant date.  The stock options were granted pursuant to the Coherus BioSciences, Inc. 2016 Employment Commencement Incentive Plan, which was approved by the company's board of directors in June 2016 under Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Nasdaq Global Select Market for equity grants to induce new employees to enter into employment with the company.

About Coherus BioSciences, Inc.
Coherus is a U.S. based integrated development and commercialization biologics company, focused on biosimilars.  Biosimilars are intended for use in place of existing, branded biologics to treat a range of chronic and often life-threatening diseases, with the potential to reduce costs and expand patient access. Our team is composed of industry veterans with expertise in process science, analytical characterization, protein production, sales & marketing and clinical-regulatory development. Coherus is advancing CHS-1701 (pegfilgrastim biosimilar) towards commercialization, and has completed Phase 3 clinical programs for two anti-TNF product candidates, CHS-1420 (adalimumab biosimilar) and CHS-0214 (etanercept biosimilar). Coherus is also developing an early stage pipeline of ophthalmology biosimilar product candidates.

CONTACT:
Jean-Frédéric Viret
Chief Financial Officer
Coherus BioSciences, Inc.
jviret@coherus.com
+1 (650) 649-3546
                                               

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