UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 24, 2013

 

 

EXELIXIS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-30235   04-3257395
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

210 East Grand Ave.
South San Francisco, California 94080
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(650) 837-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On January 24, 2013, Exelixis, Inc. announced the commercial availability of COMETRIQ™ (cabozantinib) for the treatment of patients with progressive, metastatic medullary thyroid cancer in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved COMETRIQ on November 29, 2012. COMETRIQ is being distributed exclusively through Diplomat Specialty Pharmacy in the United States.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: January 25, 2013     EXELIXIS, INC.
   

/s/ James B. Bucher

    James B. Bucher
    Vice President, Corporate Legal Affairs and Secretary