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.
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Sana Biotechnology, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on utilizing engineered cells as medicines in the United States. It develops ex vivo and in vivo cell engineering platforms for various therapeutic areas with unmet treatment needs, including type 1 diabetes, B cell mediated autoimmune diseases, and oncology. The company's product pipeline consist of UP421, a HIP-modified allogeneic primary islet cell product, which is in phase 1 clinical trial to treat type 1 diabetes; SC451, a HIP-modified, stem cell derived pancreatic islet cell therapy, which is in preclinical trial for the treatment of type 1 diabetes; SC291, a HIP-modified allogeneic CD19-dirtected allogeneic CAR T cell product candidate which is in phase 1 clinical trial to treat systemic lupus erythematosus and ANCA-associated vasculitis, as well as in preclinical trial to treat other indications and b-cell mediated autoimmune disease; and SG299, a CD8-targeted fusosome, which is in preclinical trial to treat patients with hematologic malignancies and B cell mediated autoimmune diseases. It also develops SC262, a hypoimmune-modified CD22-directed allogeneic CAR T program, which is in phase 1 to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; and SG299, a CD8-targeted fusosome, which is in preclinical trial to treat patients with hematologic malignancies and B cell mediated autoimmune diseases. The company has an option and license agreement with Beam Therapeutics Inc. for use of Beam's proprietary CRISPR Cas12b nuclease editing technology to research, develop, and commercialize engineered cell therapy products; and a license agreement with Harvard College to access certain intellectual property for the development of hypoimmune-modified cells. The company was formerly known as FD Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Sana Biotechnology, Inc. in September 2018. Sana Biotechnology, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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