Kura Oncology, Inc.

Kura Oncology, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops medicines for the treatment of cancer. Its lead product candidate includes ziftomenib, a selective investigational inhibitor of the menin-KMT2A interaction for the treatment of genetically defined subsets of acute leukemias, including acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia; tipifarnib, an orally bioavailable farnesyl transferase inhibitor combination with alpelisib for patients with PIK3CA-dependent HNSCC; and KO-2806, a selective investigational FTI for the treatment of solid tumors. It has a clinical collaboration with Novartis Pharma AG to evaluate the combination of tipifarnib and alpelisib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma whose tumors have HRAS overexpression and/or PIK3CA mutation and/or amplification; strategic collaboration agreement with Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. to develop and commercialize its oral menin inhibitor for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and other hematologic malignancies; and a clinical collaboration with Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. to evaluate the combination of KO-2806 and adagrasib, a KRASG12C inhibitor in patients with NSCLC. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California.