CORVUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (NASDAQ:CRVS) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 5, 2017, Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Corvus” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing interim results demonstrating anti-tumor activity of CPI-444 in renal and lung cancer patients resistant or refractory to prior PD-(L)1 treatment. The full text of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 5, 2017, the interim data discussed above was presented in an oral presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2017 Annual Meeting in Chicago by Lawrence Fong, M.D., study investigator and Professor in Cancer Biology and Leader of the Cancer Immunotherapy Program at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco. A copy of the presentation, including a slide setting forth certain cautionary language intended to qualify the forward-looking statements included in the presentation, is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Reference is made to the Exhibit Index attached hereto.

About CORVUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (NASDAQ:CRVS)

Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of immuno-oncology therapies. The Company is developing drugs and antibodies that block crucial immune checkpoints and reprogram immune T-cells. The Company has a pipeline of four immuno-oncology programs, three of which focus on the adenosine-cancer axis to modulate an immune response. The Company’s lead product candidate, CPI-444, is an oral, small molecule antagonist of the A2A receptor for adenosine, an immune checkpoint. Its other products include adenosine production inhibitor (a monoclonal anti-CD73 antibody); adenosine A2B antagonist, and interleukin-2 (IL-2)-inducible T cell kinase (ITK) inhibitors. As of September 30, 2016, the Company had not generated any revenue.