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    <periodOfReport>2019-01-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>XERIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>XERS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001652410</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Hecht Beth</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O XERIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>180 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1810</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60601</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>See Remarks</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2028-01-30</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Shares</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>30879</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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            </ownershipNature>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Shares</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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            <expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Shares</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">25% of the shares shall vest on January 16, 2019, and the remaining 75% of the shares shall vest in 36 equal monthly installments on the sixteenth day of each month thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">25% of the shares shall vest on May 15, 2019, and the remaining 75% of the shares shall vest in 36 equal monthly installments on the fifteenth day of each month thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">25% of the shares shall vest on October 5, 2019, and the remaining 75% of the shares shall vest in 36 equal monthly installments on the fifth day of each month thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These options are early exercisable.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit 24.1: Power of Attorney attached</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Beth Hecht</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-01-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
