Plexxikon

Plexxikon, a member of the Daiichi Sankyo Group since April 2011, is a leader in the structure-guided discovery and development of novel small molecule pharmaceuticals to treat human disease. The company's drug Zelboraf® (vemurafenib/PLX4032) was approved by the FDA in 2011, and Turalio® (pexidartinib/PLX3397) was approved by the FDA in 2019. Plexxikon is developing a portfolio of preclinical and clinical-stage compounds to address significant unmet medical needs in oncology and other therapeutic areas. Plexxikon's Scaffold-Based Drug Discovery™ platform integrates multiple state-of-the-art technologies, including the use of X-ray crystallography as an early screening tool that provides a significant advantage over other drug discovery approaches.