Exelixis Announces Webcast of Presentation at the NewsMakers in the Biotechnology Industry Conference

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL) announced today that Michael M. Morrissey, PhD, the company’s president and chief executive officer, will present at the NewsMakers in the Biotechnology Industry Conference at 10:30 a.m. EDT / 7:30 a.m. PDT on Friday, October 22, 2010 in New York. Dr. Morrissey will discuss the company’s corporate strategy and development pipeline and provide a general business update.

The event will be webcast and may be accessed in the Event Calendar page under Investors and Media at http://www.exelixis.com.

About Exelixis

Exelixis, Inc. is a development-stage biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases. The company is leveraging its biological expertise and integrated research and development capabilities to generate a pipeline of development compounds with significant therapeutic and commercial potential for the treatment of cancer and potentially other serious diseases. Currently, Exelixis’ broad product pipeline includes investigational compounds in phase 3, phase 2, and phase 1 clinical development. Exelixis has established strategic corporate alliances with major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, sanofi-aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, Genentech (a wholly owned member of the Roche Group), Boehringer Ingelheim, and Daiichi-Sankyo. For more information, please visit the company’s web site at http://www.exelixis.com.

Exelixis and the Exelixis logo are registered U.S. trademarks.



CONTACT:

Exelixis, Inc.
Investor Contacts:
Charles Butler, 650-837-7277
Vice President,
Investor Relations
and Corporate Communications
[email protected]
DeDe Sheel, 650-837-8231
Associate Director,
Investor Relations
[email protected]

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