GlobeNewswire Inc | Jan 11, 2021 08:00AM EST

January 11, 2021

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Jan. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gritstone Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRTS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing the next generation of cancer immunotherapies to fight multiple cancer types, today announced that Andrew Allen, M.D., Ph.D., co-founder, president and chief executive officer, will present a company overview on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 5:20 p.m. ET during the 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

A live webcast will be available within the Investors & Media section of the Gritstone Oncology website at https://ir.gritstoneoncology.com/investors/events. An archived replay will be accessible for 30 days following the event.

About Gritstone OncologyGritstone Oncology (Nasdaq: GRTS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, is developing the next generation of cancer immunotherapies to fight multiple cancer types. Gritstone develops its products by leveraging two key pillarsfirst, a proprietary machine learning-based platform, Gritstone EDGETM, which is designed to predict, from a routine tumor biopsy, the tumor-specific neoantigens (TSNA) that are presented on a patients tumor cells; and second, the ability to develop and manufacture potent immunotherapies utilizing patients TSNA to potentially drive the patients immune system to specifically attack and destroy tumors. The companys individualized neoantigen-based immunotherapy, GRANITE, and its off the shelf shared neoantigen-based immunotherapy, SLATE, are being evaluated in clinical studies. Novel tumor-specific antigens can also provide targets for bispecific antibody (BiSAb) therapeutics for solid tumors, and Gritstones BiSAb program is currently in lead optimization. For more information, please visit gritstoneoncology.com.

Gritstone ContactsMedia:Dan Budwick1AB(973) 271-6085dan@1abmedia.com

Investors:Alexandra Santos Wheelhouse Life Science Advisors(510) 871-6161asantos@wheelhouselsa.com