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EXELIXIS, INC.

ClinicalTrials.gov lists EXELIXIS, INC. as lead sponsor of 57 trials. It has 247 active development programs and 29 approved assets.

US Industry Manufacturer CIK 0000939767
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19 0 2005 2027

Trials started per year with this organization as sponsor or collaborator, 1990 onward. The series also counts trials where the organization is a collaborator; the lead-sponsor trial count does not.

2026 is partial: 17 registered with a 2026 start date. The hollow diamonds on the dashed line are a forecast of the full-year count, planned starts included: about 19 in 2026 and about 17 in 2027, the average of the 24 months through September, counted as registered and carried forward. The columns, the lighter one included, count trials registered so far with a start date in the year, planned starts included; the forecast looks ahead to the count for the whole year, so it is not the same measure. This method has not been backtested on organizations. In backtests on conditions with as many trial starts a year as this organization (5 to 20), forecasts made part-way through the year were typically off by about 28 percent and ran about 20 percent low against the count later registered; forecasts made before the year began were off by about 39 percent and ran about 37 percent low against the count later registered. These figures rest on a few years of history (target years from 2018 to 2025, varying by figure), place each condition as it is mapped today rather than as it was then, and score against a count for the newest year that was still being revised. Only condition series were scored. 1 trial is registered to start in 2027 or later.

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This page covers EXELIXIS, INC.: 57 lead-sponsored trials and 3 legal-entity registrations.

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Disease areas (76)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Disease areas
Disease area Trials
Kidney Neoplasms 27
Carcinoma, Renal Cell 26
Head and Neck Neoplasms 18
Lung Neoplasms 15
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung 14

Trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator (22)

Shown in this order: most recent first. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year. 1 trial is registered to start in 2027 or later, and not listed here.

Show the table of trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator
Trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator
Year Trials started
2026 (partial year) 17
2025 16
2024 8
2023 7
2022 10
2021 12
2020 13
2019 7
2018 8
2017 5

Prediction, not a registry value: median of 36 months from start to primary completion across 12 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 38 months across 35 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

Active development programs (247)

Shown in this order: max phase, then active trials.

Active development programs
Drug Disease area Max phase Trials
ATEZOLIZUMAB Colorectal Neoplasms Phase 3 4
CABOZANTINIB Liver Neoplasms Phase 3 4
CABOZANTINIB Carcinoma, Hepatocellular Phase 3 4
CABOZANTINIB Kidney Neoplasms Phase 3 3
CABOZANTINIB Carcinoma, Renal Cell Phase 3 3

Approved assets (29)

Shown in this order: max phase first.

Approved assets
Drug Trials
Cabozantinib (XL184) 140 mg 1
Cabozantinib (XL184) 60 mg 1
CABOZANTINIB 14
Prednisone 7
NIVOLUMAB 6

Sponsor delivery record (1)

Enrollment hit target: the share of this sponsor's lead-sponsored trials whose actual enrollment reached the planned enrollment. On time: the share whose actual primary completion date was no later than the planned date. Each share counts only trials where we observed an estimated figure before the actual one, and n is that number of trials. Below 5 trials the count is shown as a fraction, not a percentage.

Sponsor delivery record
Enrollment Timeline
53% hit target (n=15) 33% on time (n=12)

Journals published in (60)

Shown in this order: most published in first.

Journals published in
Journal Publications
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 13
The Lancet. Oncology 8
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) 6
Future oncology (London, England) 6
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology 5

US granted patents (1)

Patents are not classified by disease area in the source, so this is the organization's overall portfolio, not a split by disease.

US granted patents
US patents granted Granted in the last 5 years Most recent grant
179 30 2025-12-23

SEC-reported annual financials (10)

Shown in this order: newest fiscal year first; SEC EDGAR XBRL companyfacts, USD as reported.

SEC-reported annual financials
Fiscal year Revenue (USD) Net income (USD) R&D (USD)
2026 2,320,126,000 782,570,000 825,001,000
2025 2,168,701,000 521,267,000 910,408,000
2023 1,830,208,000 207,765,000 1,044,071,000
2022 1,611,062,000 182,282,000 891,813,000
2021 1,434,970,000 231,063,000 693,716,000
2020 967,775,000 321,012,000 336,964,000
2018 853,826,000 690,070,000 182,257,000
2017 452,477,000 154,227,000 112,171,000
2016 191,454,000 -70,222,000 95,967,000
2015 37,172,000 -161,744,000 96,351,000

Financing and grant events (8)

Shown in this order: most recent first.

Financing and grant events
Date Round type Amount (USD) Source
2026-05-05 Other financing not disclosed Sec extracted
2025-11-04 Other financing not disclosed Sec extracted
2025-02-20 Other financing not disclosed Sec extracted
2024-08-06 Other financing not disclosed Sec extracted
2024-05-20 Royalty / licensing not disclosed Sec extracted

FDA inspection record (1)

FDA inspection record
Latest classification Inspections
NAI 2

Climate targets, as filed (1)

Climate targets, as filed
Reporting year Net-zero target
2025 not disclosed

Workforce and board diversity, as filed (1)

Workforce and board diversity, as filed
Reporting year Workforce % women Board % women
2025 50.0% not disclosed

Organization relationships (47)

Shown in this order: most evidence first.

Organization relationships
Related organization Relationship Evidence
Government of the United States of America Co sponsors trial with 6
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) Co sponsors trial with 6
Roche (Switzerland) Co sponsors trial with 5
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Co sponsors trial with 5
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Co sponsors trial with 4

Latest dated events (343)

Shown in this order: newest first.

Latest dated events
Date Event Source
2027-01-09 Trial started Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI))
2026-12-15 Trial started Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI))
2026-10 Trial started Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI))
2026-09-30 Trial started Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI))
2026-09 Trial started Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI))

Biomarker capability evidence (1,042)

Shown in this order: tier desc, then gene symbol.

Biomarker capability evidence
Gene Role Evidence
AFP Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteria
AFP Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteria
ALB Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteria
ALB Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteria
ALB Trial collaborator Named in trial inclusion criteria

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Checked, with nothing recorded for this organization: companies grouped under this page, related companies not grouped here, fda warning letters, fda untitled letters, fda recalls, fda import refusals, manufacturing and distribution sites, clia clinical laboratory certificates, and biomarkers this organization publishes on.