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Exelixis, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXEL) announced today that George A. Scangos, PhD, the company’s president and chief executive officer, will present at the Piper Jaffray Europe Conference at 3:30 p.m. UKT/10:30 a.m.

EDT/7:30 a.m. PDT on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Dr. Scangos will discuss the company’s development pipeline and corporate strategy.

The presentation will be webcast and may be accessed in the

Event Calendar page under Investors on the Exelixis website at www.exelixis.com : .



About Exelixis

Exelixis, Inc. is a development-stage biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases. The company is leveraging its fully integrated drug discovery platform to fuel the growth of its development pipeline, which is primarily focused on cancer. Currently, Exelixis’ broad product pipeline includes investigational compounds in phase 3, phase 2, and phase 1 clinical development. Exelixis has established strategic corporate alliances with major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including Bristol-Myers Squibb, sanofi-aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, Genentech, Boehringer Ingelheim, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and Daiichi-Sankyo. For more information, please visit the company’s web site at www.exelixis.com : .


Exelixis, Inc.Investor:Charles Butler,

650-837-7277Executive Director, Corporate Communications cbutler@exelixis.com : mailto:cbutler@exelixis.com orExelixis,
Inc.Media:Soleil Maxwell Harrison, 650-837-7012Senior
Manager, Corporate Communications sharrison@exelixis.com : mailto:sharrison@exelixis.com