MONROVIA, Calif., Nov. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Xencor, Inc. (NASDAQ: XNCR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing engineered monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergic diseases and cancer, today announced that Bassil Dahiyat, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the 30^th Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. ET in New York, NY.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available under "Events & Presentations" in the Investors section of the Company's website located at http://investors.xencor.com/events.cfm. A replay of the presentation will be posted on the Xencor website approximately one hour after the live event and will be available for 90 days following the presentation.

About Xencor, Inc.
Xencor is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing engineered monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergic diseases and cancer. Currently, 12 candidates engineered with Xencor's XmAb^® technology are in clinical development internally and with partners. Xencor's internal programs include: XmAb^®5871 in Phase 2 development for the treatment of IgG4-related disease, and also for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus; XmAb^®7195 in Phase 1 development for the treatment of asthma and allergic diseases; XmAb^®14045 in Phase 1 development for acute myeloid leukemia; XmAb^®13676 in Phase 1 development for B-cell malignancies; XmAb^®18087 in Phase 1 development for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors and gastrointestinal stromal tumors; XmAb^®20717 in Phase 1 development for the treatment of advanced solid tumors, and  XmAb^®22841, XmAb^®23104 and XmAb^®24306 in preclinical development for the treatment of multiple cancers. Xencor'sXmAb antibody engineering technology enables small changes to the structure of monoclonal antibodies resulting in new mechanisms of therapeutic action. Xencor partners include Novartis, Amgen, MorphoSys, CSL, Alexion and Boehringer Ingelheim. For more information, please visit www.xencor.com.

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Investor Contact: John Kuch, Vice President Finance, Xencor, Tel: 626-737-8013, jkuch@xencor.com, Corporate Communications Contact: Jason I. Spark, Canale Communications for Xencor, Tel: 619-849-6005, jason@canalecomm.com