Exelixis Focused on Positioning Cabometyx in Kidney Cancer Space

Exelixis (EXEL) aims to position Cabometyx as the preferred tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (or TKI) in the renal cell carcinoma (or RCC) segment. At the end of 2017, Cabometyx had managed to acquire a 42% share of the second-line and new patient advanced RCC market, higher than its 39% market share at the end of the third quarter of 2017. Cabometyx demonstrated superiority over Pfizer’s (PFE) Sutent as a first-line RCC therapy in its Phase 2 CABOSUN trial in terms of progression-free survival, which has helped boost physicians’ confidence in Cabometyx.