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Kura Oncology Appoints Brian Powl as Chief Commercial Officer
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kura Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: KURA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing the promise
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN DIEGO, Aug. 14, 2023 (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 the appointment of Brian Powl as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Powl joins Kura with more than 20 years of experience in building commercial brands in hematology and oncology, with a focus on developing and executing patient-focused strategies across sales, marketing and market access for global biotech and pharmaceutical products. “Brian is an accomplished leader with a strong track record in building successful commercial organizations and driving global commercial product launches,” said Troy Wilson, Ph.D., J.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Kura Oncology. “Based on the strength of our clinical data and the continued pace of enrollment in our ongoing KOMET-001 registration-enabling trial, we believe our menin inhibitor ziftomenib can become a transformational therapy in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We look forward to Brian joining our executive leadership team and working with him to realize the significant potential value of ziftomenib as well as our farnesyl transferase inhibitor (FTI) programs.” Mr. Powl has more than two decades of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, including extensive global experience in hematologic malignancies. Most recently, he served as Chief Commercial Officer for Fate Therapeutics, where he led the commercialization efforts for the company’s oncology and immunology portfolio. Previously, Mr. Powl was Senior Vice President, Commercial Development & Marketing at MEI Pharma, Inc., where he led the commercialization efforts of a late-stage small molecule program in B-cell malignancies. Earlier in his career, Mr. Powl held positions of increasing responsibility at Celgene Corporation including Vice President, Global Commercial CAR T lead, where he led the commercialization efforts of ABECMA® and BREYANZI®, led ex-U.S. commercial operations, and served as the Global Marketing lead for Celgene’s flagship multiple myeloma franchise during the life cycle expansion of REVLIMID® and POMALYST® into new markets and indications while strengthening the pipeline of products in myeloma. Prior to Celgene, Mr. Powl held sales and marketing positions at Nov...