Kura Oncology to Participate in Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 26, 2019 (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 Troy Wilson, Ph.D., J.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to participate in a fireside chat at the 31st Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. PT. The conference will be held December 3-5, 2019 in New York City.
A live audio webcast of the event will be available in the Investors section of Kura’s website at .
About Kura Oncology
Kura Oncology is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer. The Company’s pipeline consists of small molecule drug candidates that target cancer signaling pathways where there is a strong scientific and clinical rationale to improve outcomes by identifying those patients most likely to benefit from treatment. Kura’s lead drug candidate is tipifarnib, a farnesyl transferase inhibitor, for which the Company is conducting a registration-directed trial in recurrent or metastatic patients with HRAS mutant head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. In addition, tipifarnib is being evaluated in multiple other Phase 2 clinical trials in solid tumor and hematologic indications. Kura’s pipeline also includes KO-947, an ERK inhibitor, and KO-539, a menin-MLL inhibitor, both of which are currently in Phase 1 dose-escalation trials. For additional information about Kura, please visit the Company’s website at .
Contacts
Company:
Pete De Spain
Vice President, Investor Relations &
Corporate Communications
(858) 500-8803
Investors:
Robert H. Uhl
Managing Director
Westwicke ICR
(858) 356-5932
Media:
Jason Spark
Managing Director
Canale Communications
(619) 849-6005
