GlobeNewswire Inc | Nov 19, 2020 08:30AM EST

November 19, 2020

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChemoCentryx, Inc., (Nasdaq: CCXI), today announced that Thomas J. Schall, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at two upcoming investor conferences:

Piper Sandler 32nd Annual Virtual HealthcareConferenceOn-demand presentation available beginning Monday, November 23 at10:00 a.m.Eastern Time

Evercore ISI 3rd Annual HealthCONx ConferenceThursday, December 3, 2020 at 1:25 p.m. Eastern Time

A live audio webcast of the Evercore presentation and the on-demand Piper Sandler presentation can be accessed through the Investors section of the Company's website at www.ChemoCentryx.com. Both webcasts will be available on the Company's website for two weeks following the respective presentation dates.

AboutChemoCentryx

ChemoCentryxis a biopharmaceutical company developing new medications for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and cancer.ChemoCentryxtargets the chemokine and chemoattractant systems to discover, develop and commercialize orally administered therapies. ChemoCentryxs lead drug candidate, avacopan (CCX168), successfully completed a pivotal Phase III trial in ANCA-associated vasculitis and a New Drug Application is under review by theU.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with a Marketing Authorization Application by the European Medicines Agency. Avacopan is also in late stage clinical development for the treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa and C3 glomerulopathy (C3G).

ChemoCentryxalso has early stage drug candidates that target chemoattractant receptors in other inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and in cancer.

Contacts:

Susan M. KanayaExecutive Vice President,Chief Financial and Administrative Officerinvestor@chemocentryx.com

Media:Stephanie Tomei408.234.1279media@chemocentryx.com

Investors:Lee Roth, Burns McClellan212.213.0006lroth@burnsmc.com