EMERYVILLE, Calif., March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it will present at the Barclays Capital 2010 Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time (6:00 a.m. Pacific Time). Interested parties may access a live webcast of the presentation on our website at:
http://www.onyx-pharm.com/view.cfm/32/Event-Calendar
About Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company committed to improving the lives of people with cancer. The company, in collaboration with Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is developing and marketing Nexavar(R) (sorafenib) tablets, a small molecule drug that is currently approved for the treatment of liver cancer and advanced kidney cancer. Additionally, Nexavar is being investigated in several ongoing trials in a variety of tumor types. Beyond Nexavar, Onyx has established a development pipeline of anticancer compounds at various stages of clinical testing, including carfilzomib, a next-generation proteasome inhibitor, that is currently being evaluated in multiple clinical trials for the treatment of patients with relapsed or relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma and solid tumors, and ONX 0801, a targeted alpha-folate inhibitor, currently in Phase 1 testing. For more information about Onyx, visit the company’s website at www.onyx-pharm.com.
CONTACT: Alex Santos of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., +1-510-597-6504
Web site: http://www.onyx-pharm.com/
