Maxygen

Maxygen Inc.
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: MAXY
Industryindustrial biotechnology, pharmaceuticals
Founded1997 (1997)
Defunct2013 (2013)
HeadquartersRedwood City, California
Key people
Russell J. Howard (CEO)
Alejandro Zaffaroni
Willem P.C. Stemmer
Isaac Stein
Websitewww.maxygen.com

Maxygen Inc. was a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing improved versions of protein drugs using DNA shuffling and other protein modification technologies. The company was headquartered in Redwood City, CA. It was dissolved in 2013.

The Maxygen legacy was revived by Maxygen LLC in 2017 with a focus on providing directed evolution services using the original MolecularBreeding platform. Maxygen LLC was headquartered in Sunnyvale and Newark, CA. It ceased operations in California in December 2023.

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