How this East Bay biotech pushed past the 'negativity' with a big boost to its kidney cancer drug

The questions had been circling Exelixis Inc. for the past 18 months: Was its signature drug — the one key to the company's comeback, growth and a chunk of its future plans — too late to the game of pairing up with a cancer immunotherapy to treat kidney cancer? Was the market too competitive? Would the combo of Cabometyx and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s just not be enough? The answers c ame this morning from the Alameda-based company (NASDAQ: EXEL) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY): No, Exelixis…
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