Kura Oncology Inc (KURA) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

Summary

Kura Oncology Inc (Kura Oncology) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company which discovers and develops therapeutics for the treatment of solid tumors and blood cancers. Its lead drug candidate, Tipifarnib, an inhibitor of protein farnesylation, is a small molecule that targets oncogenes or signaling pathways that drive cancer growth. The company’s pipeline product portfolio includes Tipifarnib – HRAS, Tipifarnib – PTCL, Tipifarnib – MDS, Tipifarnib- CMML and others. Kura Oncology’s phase I and pre-clinical stage products are KO-947, a small molecule inhibitor of extracellular-signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and KO-539 inhibitor program inhibits the interaction between the proteins menin and MLL for the treatment of MLL-rearranged (MML-r) leukemias. It targets therapeutic areas which include T-cell lymphoma, melanoma, lung and pancreatic cancers, mixed lineage leukemia and other cancers. Kura Oncology is headquartered in La Jolla, California, the US.

Kura Oncology Inc Key Recent Developments

May 15,2017: Kura Oncology Reports First Quarter 2017 Operational and Financial Results
Mar 14,2017: Kura Oncology Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Operational and Financial Results
Jan 03,2017: Kura Oncology Appoints Steven Stein, M.D. to Board of Directors
Nov 07,2016: Kura Oncology Reports Third Quarter 2016 Financial Results
Aug 11,2016: Kura Oncology reports second quarter 2016 financial results

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