– Oral presentation to highlight preclinical data further supporting combination of KO-2806 with TKIs in ccRCC –– Company expects to present data from the Phase 1 FIT-001 trial evaluating KO-2806 and cabozantinib in patients with RCC in 2H 2025 –SAN DIEGO, March 26, 2025 (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 an abstract containing preclinical data for KO-2806, the Company’s next-generation farnesyl transferase inhibitor (FTI), in combination with cabozantinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), has been accepted for an oral presentation at the upcoming American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL on April 29, 2025.“The latest findings for our next-generation farnesyl transferase inhibitor, KO-2806, being presented at this year’s AACR Annual Meeting, add to the growing body of data demonstrating the potential of FTIs as companion therapeutic agents to augment the antitumor activities of various targeted therapies and to overcome resistance in combination,” said Francis Burrows, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Kura Oncology. “We continue to make good progress in our FIT-001 trial evaluating KO-2806 in solid tumor indications where there is unmet medical need, and we look forward to presenting the first clinical data for KO-2806 as monotherapy and in combination with cabozantinib for the treatment of RCC later this year.”The title and session information for the oral presentation are listed below. Full abstract details including title and text are currently available to registrants via the AACR online itinerary planner. Details of the oral presentation, entitled “Farnesyl transferase inhibitor KO-2806 enhances the antitumor activity of cabozantinib in ccRCC tumors that progress on anti-VEGFR agents” (oral 6370), are as follows:Session Date and Time: Monday, April 28, 2025; 2:30 PM - 4:45 PM CTSession Title: Minisymposium Novel Antitumor AgentsPresentation Time: 4:25 PM - 4:40 PM CTA copy of the presentation will be available in the Posters and Presentations section on Kura’s website at the beginning of the presentation session.About Kura OncologyKura 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 targeting cancer signaling pathways

SAN DIEGO, March 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (the "Company") KURA, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer, today announced that on March 3, 2025, the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee") granted inducement awards consisting of nonstatutory stock options to purchase 190,000 shares of common stock to six (6) new employees under the Company's 2023 Inducement Option Plan, as amended. 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 equal to $7.25 per share, the Company's closing sales price on March 3, 2025, 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, as amended, and the terms and conditions of an applicable stock option agreement covering the grant. About Kura Oncology Kura Oncology is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise of precision medicines for the treatment of cancer