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Mar. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization

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Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.® (the “Company” or "Portola" or “we” or “our” or “us”) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics in the areas of thrombosis, other hematologic diseases and inflammation for patients who currently have limited or no approved treatment options. We were incorporated in September 2003 in Delaware. We have operations in the United States and in select countries in Europe, with headquarters in South San Francisco, California. We operate in one segment.

Our lead product, Andexxa [coagulation factor Xa (recombinant), inactivated-zhzo], which we are marketing under the brand name of Ondexxya in Europe, is the first and only antidote approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and the European Commission (“EC”), respectively, for patients treated with rivaroxaban or apixaban, when reversal of anticoagulation is needed due to life-threatening or uncontrolled bleeding. We are conducting clinical trials on cerdulatinib, an investigational oral, dual spleen tyrosine kinase (“SYK”) and Janus kinase (“JAK”) inhibitor in development to treat hematologic cancers.