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Exelixis, Inc. (EXEL: News ) is rising 21 percent to $7.23 as it reported top-line results from the ongoing phase 3 clinical trial of cabozantinib in patients with advanced medullary thyroid cancer, known as the EXAM trial. The trial met its primary endpoint of improving progression-free survival compared with placebo and substantially exceeded the threshold of a 75% increase in PFS originally assumed when the trial was designed.
Regards,
Don
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