Kura Oncology Data Selected for Oral Presentation at AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics

On October 23, 2019 Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, reported that an abstract containing data from the Company’s Phase 2 clinical trial of tipifarnib in HRAS mutant head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) has been selected for oral presentation at the upcoming AACR (Free AACR Whitepaper)-NCI-EORTC AACR-NCI-EORTC (Free AACR-NCI-EORTC Whitepaper) International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics (EORTC-NCI-AACR) (Free ASGCT Whitepaper) (Free EORTC-NCI-AACR Whitepaper), which will be held October 26-30, 2019 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston (Press release, Kura Oncology, OCT 23, 2019, View Source [SID1234542439]).

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Nearly 500 abstracts were considered for this year’s program and just 10 were selected as short-talks by the Scientific Committee Cochairs. As a result of the selection, the previously announced poster presentation related to the Phase 2 clinical trial of tipifarnib in HRAS mutant HNSCC has been rescheduled to take place following the oral presentation. Details of the oral and poster presentations, entitled "Preliminary results from a phase 2 trial of tipifarnib in squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) with HRAS mutations" (abstract A087), are as follows:

Oral Presentation
Session Title: Spotlight on Proffered Papers 3: Targeting RAS Mutant Cancers
Session Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Session Start Time: 11:50 a.m. ET
Session End Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Location: Level 3 – Ballroom AB

Poster Presentation
Session Title: Poster Session C: Clinical Trials 2
Session Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Session Start Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Session End Time: 4:00 p.m. ET
Location: Level 2 – Hall D

The data are embargoed until the beginning of the Spotlight on Proffered Papers 3: Targeting RAS Mutant Cancers session at 11:50 a.m. ET on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. A copy of the oral and poster presentations will be available at www.kuraoncology.com following presentation at the meeting.