After leading Kuur Therapeutics to an exit to Athenex in May, Kevin Boyle is now shuffling more than 50% of his staff at Ziopharm Oncology out the door just 28 days into his post as CEO. nThe layoffs affect about 60 Ziopharm employees, and the move is expected to cost the biotech about $3.8 million in severance and termination-related costs, the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing.
Less than a year removed from a successful activist attack, Ziopharm Oncology appointed a new CEO this week. Taking the reins will be Kevin Boyle, who comes over after leading Kuur Therapeutics to a $185 million buyout back in May.
Ziopharm Oncology is refreshing its CEO post with a new leader, nabbing former Kuur Therapeutics CEO Kevin S. Boyle for the top spot.
BUFFALO, N.Y., May 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Athenex, Inc., (NASDAQ: ATNX), a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies for the treatment of cancer and related conditions, led by its Orascovery platform, today announced that it has acquired Kuur Therapeutics, Inc., the leading developer of off-the-shelf CAR-NKT cell immunotherapies for the treatment of solid and hematological malignancies.
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kuur Therapeutics, the leading developer of off-the-shelf CAR-NKT cell immunotherapies for the treatment of solid and hematological malignancies, today announced clinical updates for both the phase 1 GINAKIT2 study of KUR-501 (autologous GD2 CAR-NKT cells) being tested in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) neuroblastoma, and the phase 1 ANCHOR study of KUR-502 (off-the-shelf CD19 CAR-NKT cells) being evaluated in patients with R/R CD19 positive malignancies. Complete responses and evidence of tumor homing have been observed in both trials, and the CAR-NKT cell therapy has been safe and well-tolerated.
Several months after a name change and major restructuring, Kuur Therapeutics has offered an early glimpse at results from a small number of patients treated with their CAR-NKT cell therapies developed with the Baylor College of Medicine.
Several months after a name change and major restructuring, Kuur Therapeutics has offered an early glimpse at results from a small number of patients treated with their CAR-NKT cell therapies developed with the Baylor College of Medicine.
Soon after Chris Nowers left Cell Medica — freshly rebranded Kuur Therapeutics — in February, the Kite Pharma alum was introduced to another cell therapy player.
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kuur Therapeutics, a leader in the development of off-the-shelf CAR-NKT cell immunotherapies for the treatment of solid and hematological malignancies, today announced the publication in Nature Medicine of interim findings from its ongoing phase 1 GINAKIT2 clinical trial collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, in high risk relapsed refractory (R/R) patients with neuroblastoma, a form of childhood cancer.
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kuur Therapeutics, a leader in the development of off-the-shelf CAR-NKT cell immunotherapies for the treatment of hematological and solid malignancies, today announced the treatment of the first patients in its ANCHOR phase 1 study of KUR-502, an allogeneic CAR-NKT therapy.