Peregrine to Report Financial Results for First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2018 After Market Close on September 11, 2017

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) (NASDAQ:PPHMP), a biopharmaceutical company committed to improving patient lives by manufacturing high quality products for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and advancing its proprietary R&D pipeline, today announced that it will report financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 ended July 31, 2017 on September 11, 2017 after market close and will host a conference call and webcast at 1:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time (4:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time). Peregrine's senior management will discuss financial results for the first quarter and review recent corporate developments.

To listen to the live webcast, or access the archived webcast, please visit: http://ir.peregrineinc.com/events.cfm.

To listen to the conference call, please dial [phone] or [phone] and request the Peregrine Pharmaceuticals call.

About Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company committed to improving the lives of patients by delivering high quality pharmaceutical products through its contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) services and through advancing and licensing its investigational immunotherapy and related products.  Peregrine's in-house CDMO services, including cGMP manufacturing and development capabilities, are provided through its wholly-owned subsidiary Avid Bioservices, Inc. (www.avidbio.com), which provides development and biomanufacturing services for both Peregrine and third-party customers.  The company is also working to evaluate its lead immunotherapy candidate, bavituximab, in combination with immune stimulating therapies for the treatment of various cancers, and developing its proprietary exosome technology for the detection and monitoring of cancer.  For more information, please visit www.peregrineinc.com.

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