Maxygen (MAXY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Maxygen, Inc. (Maxygen) is a biotechnology company focused on the development of its MAXY-G34 product candidate. MAXY-G34 is a pegylated, granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and acute radiation syndrome (ARS). On May 16, 2011, Astellas Pharma Inc. (Astellas) acquired the Company’s interests in Perseid Therapeutics LLC, the Company’s former subsidiary, which included all of the Company’s research and development operations. As a result of the transaction, the Company has reclassified the operating results of Perseid, as well as any related business activities, to discontinued operations. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries include Maxygen Holdings (U.S.), Inc., Maxygen ApS and Maxygen Holdings, Inc., and its majority owned subsidiary, Maxygen Holdings LLC.