Kura Oncology Inc

Kura Oncology Inc a clinicalstage biopharmaceutical company develops medicines for the treatment of cancer in the United States The companys pipeline consists of small molecule product candidates that target cancer Its lead product candidates are ziftomenib a small molecule inhibitor of the meninLysine Kspecific Methyltransferase 2A proteinprotein interaction for the treatment of genetically defined subsets of acute leukemias including acute myeloid leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia and tipifarnib an orally bioavailable inhibitor of farnesyl transferase that is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of solid tumors and hematologic indications The company has a clinical collaboration with Novartis to evaluate the combination of tipifarnib and alpelisib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma whose tumors have HRAS overexpression or PIK3CA mutation andor amplification Kura Oncology Inc was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Diego California