OnKure Therapeutics initiated with a Buy at JonesResearch

JonesResearch initiated coverage of OnKure Therapeutics (OKUR) with a Buy rating and $32 price target. The clinical stage precision oncology company is developing targeted PI3Kalpha inhibitors for the treatment of breast cancer and other solid tumors with mutations in the PIK3CA gene, notes the analyst, who points out that this space has come under spotlight recently following the acquisition of Scorpion Therapeutics by Eli Lilly (LLY) in January for up to $2.5B. OnKure’s lead asset, OKI-219, is a small molecule point-mutation specific inhibitor that targets PI3Kalpha harboring a H1047R mutation, notes the analyst, who adds that OKI-219 has “the potential to be the first approved mutation-specific PI3Kalpha inhibitor.”