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Onyx Pharmaceuticals
Biotech Specialty Pharma
2100 Powell St.
Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
phone:510-597-6500
fax:510-597-6600
Symbol ONXX
Exchange NASDAQ
Founded 1992
Employees 89
www.onyx-pharm.com
Research Sector Biotech Specialty Pharma
Summary Description
Novel cancer therapies utilizing two technology platforms
Management
N. Anthony (Tony) Coles, M.D., M.P.H., President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board; Laura A. Brege, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; Matthew K. Fust, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Michael G. Kauffman, M.D., Ph.D., Interim Chief Medical Officer; Juergen Lasowski, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Ownership
Financials Mkt Cap :812


* numbers in thousands
 

Keywords
sorafenib, angiogenesis, carcinoma, interleukin-2, myocardial

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Updated: Dec. 01, 2010

Description
Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is engaged in the discovery and development of novel cancer therapies utilizing two technology platforms, small molecules that inhibit the proteins involved in excess growth signaling, and therapeutic viruses that selectively replicate in cells with cancer-causing genetic mutations. The Company is developing a novel small molecule compound, BAY 43-9006, in collaboration with Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation and is utilizing its proprietary virus technologyto develop ONYX-411, a second-generation product that targets cancers with abnormal function of the retinoblastoma tumor-suppressor gene.


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