Onyx Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Goldman Sachs 31st Annual Global Healthcare Conference

EMERYVILLE, Calif., June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX) today announced that it will present at Goldman Sachs 31st Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 4:55 p.m. Eastern Time (1:55 p.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

It is recommended that listeners log on 15 minutes early in order to register and download any necessary software.  For those unable to participate during the live webcast, a recorded replay of the presentation will be available within 24 hours of the completion of the presentation through June 29, 2010.

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® (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. ONX 0801, a targeted alpha-folate inhibitor, and ONX 0912, an oral proteasome inhibitor, are currently in Phase 1 testing. For more information about Onyx, visit the company's website at www.onyx-pharm.com.

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