MEI Pharma, Inc. Stock

MEI Pharma, Inc. is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, which is engaged in developing novel and differentiated cancer therapies. Its drug candidate pipeline includes Voruciclib, an oral cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) inhibitor, and ME-344, an intravenous small molecule mitochondrial inhibitor targeting the oxidative phosphorylation pathway. Voruciclib is a potent and selective orally administered CDK9 inhibitor. Voruciclib is being studied in a Phase 1 trial evaluating dose and schedule in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and B-cell malignancies as a single-agent, and in combination with the B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL) inhibitor venetoclax (marketed as Venclexta) in patients with AML. ME-344 is a novel mitochondrial inhibitor drug candidate that demonstrates tumor selective activity in pre-clinical studies. It targets the OXPHOS pathway involved in the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).