Curis Inc

Curis, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of drug candidates for the treatment of human cancers. The company is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts and currently employs 24 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2000-08-01. The firm is focused on the development of emavusertib (CA-4948), an orally available, small molecule inhibitor of Interleukin-1 receptor associated kinase (IRAK4). Emavusertib is undergoing testing in the Phase I/II TakeAim Lymphoma study in patients with relapsed/refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) in combination with the BTK inhibitor ibrutinib, as a monotherapy in the Phase I/II TakeAim Leukemia study in patients with I/II TakeAim Leukemia study in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and relapsed/refractory high risk myelodysplastic syndrome (hrMDS). The Erivedge, is a commercialized orally administered small molecule Hedgehog signaling pathway antagonist. Its other clinical programs include Fimepinostat and CA-170. CA-170 is an oral small molecule drug candidate that targets V-domain Ig Suppressor of T-cell Activation, or VISTA, and PDL1 immune checkpoint proteins.