Corporate Overview

Corporate Overview

We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a portfolio of internally discovered product candidates that utilize the body’s natural nutrient transporter mechanisms to improve the therapeutic benefits of drugs. Our most advanced product candidate is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical program for the treatment of restless legs syndrome, or RLS. RLS is a common, under-diagnosed neurological condition that frequently manifests itself as a sleep disorder. This product candidate has also successfully completed a Phase 2a clinical trial for the management of post-herpetic neuralgia, or PHN. PHN is a chronic type of neuropathic pain, which is pain resulting from nerve damage. Our second product candidate has generated positive data in a Phase 2a clinical trial for reducing the number of reflux episodes in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD.

"Utilizing our novel technology for improving drug bioavailability, we believe that XenoPort is in a unique position to create new medicines that extract the greatest therapeutic benefit from existing, sub-optimal drugs."

—Ronald W. Barrett, Ph.D., CEO