Exelixis, Inc. (Exelixis, we, our or us) is an oncology company innovating next-generation medicines and regimens at the forefront of cancer care. We have produced four marketed pharmaceutical products, two of which are formulations of our flagship molecule, cabozantinib, and we are steadily advancing and evolving our product pipeline portfolio, including our lead clinical asset, zanzalintinib, currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of certain forms of colorectal cancer (CRC), as well as the focus of an extensive late-stage clinical development program in other indications. With a rational and disciplined approach to investment, we are leveraging our internal experience and expertise and the strength of strategic partnerships, to identify and pursue opportunities across the landscape of scientific modalities, including small molecules and biotherapeutics, such as antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs).
Sales related to cabozantinib account for the majority of our revenues. Cabozantinib is an inhibitor of multiple tyrosine kinases, including MET, AXL, VEGF receptors and RET and has been approved by the FDA, and in 68 other countries for all or a combination of, the following: as CABOMETYX (cabozantinib) tablets for advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (both alone and in combination with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company’s (BMS) nivolumab (OPDIVO )), previously treated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), previously treated, radioactive iodine (RAI)-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and previously treated, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic, well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET) and extra-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (epNET); and as COMETRIQ (cabozantinib) capsules for progressive, metastatic medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). For physicians treating these types of cancer, cabozantinib has become or is becoming an important medicine in their selection of effective therapies.
The other two products resulting from our discovery efforts are: COTELLIC (cobimetinib), an inhibitor of MEK, approved as part of multiple combination regimens to treat specific forms of advanced melanoma and marketed under a collaboration with Genentech, Inc. (a member of the Roche Group) (Genentech); and MINNEBRO (esaxerenone), an oral, non-steroidal, selective blocker of the mineralocorticoid receptor, approved for the treatment of hypertension in Japan and licensed to Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (Daiichi Sankyo). See "—Collaborations and Business Development Activities—Other Collaborations."
2025 was our ninth consecutive year of annual profitability; it featured growth in net product revenues of approximately 17% year-over-year as a result of increased sales of our cabozantinib products in the U.S., supplemented by an approximately 7% year-over-year increase in royalties earned pursuant to collaboration agreements with our ex-U.S. partners. We plan to continue leveraging our operating cash flows to advance a broad array of diverse biotherapeutics and small molecule programs for the treatment of cancer, as well as to support company-sponsored and externally sponsored clinical trials evaluating cabozantinib and zanzalintinib. Zanzalintinib is a novel oral inhibitor of kinases including the TAM kinases (TYRO3, AXL, MER), MET and VEGF receptors. Our zanzalintinib development program includes a series of ongoing and planned pivotal trials to explore its therapeutic potential in CRC, clear cell (cc) and non-clear cell (ncc) RCC, neuroendocrine tumors (NET) and meningioma, as well as earlier-stage trials. Our pipeline programs in phase 1 development each have best-in-class potential and include: XL309, a small molecule inhibitor of USP1, which has emerged as a synthetic lethal target in the context of BRCA-mutated tumors; XB010, an ADC consisting of a monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) payload conjugated to a monoclonal antibody (mAb) targeting the tumor antigen 5T4; XB628, a first-in-class bispecific antibody that simultaneously targets programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and natural killer cell receptor group 2A (NKG2A), identified as key regulators of adaptive and innate immune cell activity; and XB371, a next-generation tissue factor (TF)-targeting ADC with a topoisomerase inhibitor payload. We complement our internal drug discovery and development efforts by in-licensing or acquiring, or obtaining options to in-license or acquire, investigational oncology assets from third parties if those oncology assets demonstrate evidence of, or potential for, clinical success.
Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed February 10, 2026. Read the filing