Kura Oncology, Inc. Appoints Teresa Bair as Chief Legal Officer
October 18, 2021 at 07:30 am EDT
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Kura Oncology, Inc. announced the appointment of Teresa Bair as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Bair joins Kura with more than 25 years of combined in-house and law firm experience, most recently as General Counsel at Athenex. Ms. Bair joins Kura from Athenex, where she served most recently as General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Administration. She played a key role in leading the organization through its evolution from a private, preclinical-stage company to a global, publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, directly contributing to multiple NDA filings and an FDA approval.
Kura Oncology, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on precision medicine for the treatment of cancer. Its pipeline consists of small molecule product candidates that target cancer signaling pathways. Its product candidates include Ziftomenib, Tipifarnib and KO-2806. Ziftomenib, is a potent, selective, reversible and oral small molecule inhibitor that blocks the interaction of two proteins, menin and the protein expressed by the Lysine K-specific Methyl Transferase 2A gene, or KMT2A gene. Ziftomenib is a once-daily, oral drug candidate targeting the menin-KMT2A protein-protein interaction for the treatment of genetically defined acute myeloid leukemia patients with high unmet need. Tipifarnib is a potent, selective and orally bioavailable farnesyl transferase inhibitor (FTI). The KO-2806 is a next-generation FTI, which demonstrates improved potency, pharmacokinetic and physicochemical properties relative to earlier FTI drug candidates.