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Kura Oncology Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

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Friday, April 5, 2024

SAN DIEGO, April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced that on April 1, 2024, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) granted inducement awards consisting of nonstatutory stock options to purchase 49,500 shares of common stock to four (4) new employees under the Company’s 2023 Inducement Option Plan.

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, April 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced that on April 1, 2024, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) granted inducement awards consisting of nonstatutory stock options to purchase 49,500 shares of common stock to four (4) new employees under the Company’s 2023 Inducement Option Plan.
  • The Compensation Committee approved the stock options as an inducement material to such employees’ employment in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
  • Each stock option has an exercise price per share equal to $21.82 per share, the Company’s closing sales price on April 1, 2024, and will vest over four years, with 25% of the underlying shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of the applicable vesting commencement date and the balance of the underlying shares vesting monthly thereafter over 36 months, subject to the new employees’ continued service relationship with the Company through the applicable vesting dates.
  • The stock options are subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2023 Inducement Option Plan and the terms and conditions of an applicable stock option agreement covering the grant.

Kura Oncology Reports First Patient Dosed in Trial of KO-2806 Plus Cabozantinib in Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

SAN DIEGO, March 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced dosing of the first patient with KO-2806, the Company’s next-generation farnesyl transferase inhibitor (FTI), in combination with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) cabozantinib in the clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) cohort of the Phase 1 portion of the FIT-001 trial.

Key Points: 
  • “Dosing of the first patient in combination in our Phase 1 trial of KO-2806 marks a significant milestone for our next-generation FTI program,” said Stephen Dale, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Kura Oncology.
  • Concurrent with the monotherapy dose escalation, Kura is evaluating KO-2806 in dose-escalation combination cohorts with other targeted therapies, beginning with cabozantinib in ccRCC.
  • The Company expects to begin dosing in combination with adagrasib in KRASG12C-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) next quarter.
  • For more information regarding FIT-001, please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov (identifier: NCT06026410 ).

Kura Oncology Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

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Friday, March 1, 2024

SAN DIEGO, March 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced that on March 1, 2024, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) granted inducement awards consisting of nonstatutory stock options to purchase 93,000 shares of common stock to two (2) new employees under the Company’s 2023 Inducement Option Plan.

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, March 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced that on March 1, 2024, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) granted inducement awards consisting of nonstatutory stock options to purchase 93,000 shares of common stock to two (2) new employees under the Company’s 2023 Inducement Option Plan.
  • The Compensation Committee approved the stock options as an inducement material to such employees’ employment in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
  • Each stock option has an exercise price per share equal to $21.59 per share, the Company’s closing sales price on March 1, 2024, and will vest over four years, with 25% of the underlying shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of the applicable vesting commencement date and the balance of the underlying shares vesting monthly thereafter over 36 months, subject to the new employees’ continued service relationship with the Company through the applicable vesting dates.
  • The stock options are subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2023 Inducement Option Plan and the terms and conditions of an applicable stock option agreement covering the grant.

Kura Oncology Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

ET –

Key Points: 
  • ET –
    SAN DIEGO, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today reported fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results and provided a corporate update.
  • Research and development (R&D) expenses for the fourth quarter of 2023 were $32.5 million, compared to $22.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • General and administrative (G&A) expenses for the fourth quarter of 2023 were $14.2 million, compared to $12.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2022.
  • ET / 1:30 p.m. PT today, February 27, 2024, to discuss the financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2023 and to provide a corporate update.

Kura Oncology Doses First Patient in KOMET-008 Trial of Ziftomenib in Combination with Standards of Care, Including FLT3 Inhibitor, in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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Monday, February 26, 2024

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in KOMET-008, the Company’s Phase 1 trial of its menin inhibitor ziftomenib, in combination with gilteritinib, FLAG-IDA or LDAC for the treatment of NPM1-mutant or KMT2A-rearranged acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Key Points: 
  • “Roughly half of patients with relapsed or refractory NPM1-mutant AML have co-occurring FLT3 mutations, and the prognosis for these patients is particularly poor,” said Stephen Dale, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Kura Oncology.
  • Trial participants will be enrolled in one of five dose escalation cohorts, including a cohort of NPM1-mutant AML patients with a documented FLT3 co-mutation, who will be treated in combination with the FLT3 inhibitor gilteritinib.
  • Kura is conducting a series of studies to evaluate ziftomenib in combination with current standards of care in earlier lines of therapy and across multiple patient populations.
  • Preclinical data for menin inhibitors in combination with multiple FLT3 inhibitors demonstrate strong synergistic effects compared to either single agent alone.

Kura Oncology to Participate in Three Upcoming Investor Conferences

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

ET / 6:10 a.m. PT and participation in the Leukemia Corporate Panel at 12:50 p.m.

Key Points: 
  • ET / 6:10 a.m. PT and participation in the Leukemia Corporate Panel at 12:50 p.m.
  • ET / 9:50 a.m. PT on March 4, 2024;
    A fireside chat at the Leerink Partners Global Biopharma Conference in Miami at 11:20 a.m.
  • ET / 8:20 a.m. PT on March 12, 2024; and
    A fireside chat at the Barclays Global Healthcare Conference in Miami at 9:00 a.m.
  • Live audio webcasts will be available in the Investors section of Kura’s website at www.kuraoncology.com , with archived replays available following all three events.

Kura Oncology to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced that it will report fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results after the close of U.S. financial markets on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced that it will report fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results after the close of U.S. financial markets on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.
  • Kura’s management will host a webcast and conference call at 4:30 p.m.
  • ET / 1:30 p.m. PT that day to discuss the financial results and provide a corporate update.
  • The live call may be accessed by dialing (888) 886-7786 for domestic callers and (416) 764-8658 for international callers.

Kura Oncology Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

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Friday, February 2, 2024

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced that on February 1, 2024, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) granted inducement awards consisting of nonstatutory stock options to purchase 59,750 shares of common stock to three (3) new employees under the Company’s 2023 Inducement Option Plan.

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, Feb. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced that on February 1, 2024, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) granted inducement awards consisting of nonstatutory stock options to purchase 59,750 shares of common stock to three (3) new employees under the Company’s 2023 Inducement Option Plan.
  • The Compensation Committee approved the stock options as an inducement material to such employees’ employment in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
  • Each stock option has an exercise price per share equal to $21.02 per share, the Company’s closing sales price on February 1, 2024, and will vest over four years, with 25% of the underlying shares vesting on the one-year anniversary of the applicable vesting commencement date and the balance of the underlying shares vesting monthly thereafter over 36 months, subject to the new employees’ continued service relationship with the Company through the applicable vesting dates.
  • The stock options are subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s 2023 Inducement Option Plan and the terms and conditions of an applicable stock option agreement covering the grant.

Kura Oncology Reports Positive Preliminary Ziftomenib Combination Data in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Continuous daily dosing of ziftomenib at 200 mg QD has been well tolerated and the safety profile consistent with features of underlying disease and backbone therapies.

Key Points: 
  • Continuous daily dosing of ziftomenib at 200 mg QD has been well tolerated and the safety profile consistent with features of underlying disease and backbone therapies.
  • The overall response rate (ORR) among R/R patients treated with ziftomenib and ven/aza was 53% (8/15).
  • As of the data cutoff, 80% (16/20) of patients remain on trial, including 100% (11/11) of all NPM1-m patients.
  • “We are highly encouraged by these preliminary combination data for ziftomenib and believe they support advancement into the frontline AML population,” said Troy Wilson, Ph.D., J.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Kura Oncology.

Kura Oncology Announces Oversubscribed $150 Million Private Placement

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced that it has agreed to sell 1,376,813 shares of its common stock at a price of $17.25 per share, representing a premium of approximately 29% to Kura’s closing price on January 23, 2024, and pre-funded warrants to purchase 7,318,886 shares of its common stock at price per pre-funded warrant of $17.2499 to a select group of institutional and accredited healthcare specialist investors in an oversubscribed private placement. The pre-funded warrant exercise price is $0.0001 per share. Kura anticipates the gross proceeds from the private placement to be approximately $150 million, before deducting any offering-related expenses. The private placement is expected to close on or about January 26, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.

Key Points: 
  • Kura anticipates the gross proceeds from the private placement to be approximately $150 million, before deducting any offering-related expenses.
  • The private placement is expected to close on or about January 26, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.
  • Leerink Partners acted as the sole placement agent for the private placement.
  • Kura has agreed to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registering the resale of the shares of common stock issued in the private placement and the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the pre-funded warrants issued in the private placement no later than the 30th day after the pricing of the private placement.