MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Forty Seven Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on developing the next generation of transformational immuno-oncology treatments to enable patients' immune systems to defeat their cancer, today announced that Forty Seven's President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark McCamish, M.D., Ph.D., will present a company overview at the 36^th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 7:30 a.m. PT (10:30 a.m. ET).

About Forty Seven Inc.:
Forty Seven Inc. is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company that is developing therapies licensed from Stanford University targeting cancer immune evasion pathways. The lead program Hu5F9-G4 is a monoclonal antibody against the CD47 receptor, a "don't eat me" signal that cancer cells commandeer to avoid being ingested by macrophages. This antibody is currently being evaluated in five clinical studies in patients with solid tumors, acute myeloid leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and colorectal carcinoma.

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SOURCE Forty Seven Inc.