Kura launches with $60m to revive Janssen's tipifarnib
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Executive Summary
Kura Oncology raised $60m in a private placement and plans to complete a reverse merger into a public company to support Phase II clinical trials for tipifarnib, a drug for which Johnson & Johnson's Janssen subsidiary suspended development in multiple cancer indications in 2008.
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