Stock Report: ArQule Inc. (ARQL) Report Updated: May 20, 2013 | Print This Page

ArQule, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, engages in the research and development of cancer therapeutics directed toward molecular targets and biological processes. Its lead product candidate tivantinib (ARQ 197) is an inhibitor of the c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase, which is in Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, liver cancer, and colorectal cancer. The company also develops ARQ 621, an inhibitor of the Eg5 kinesin motor protein that has completed Phase I trial; ARQ 736, an inhibitor of the RAF kinases, which is in Phase I clinical trial; ARQ 761, an activator of the E2F-1 damage response/checkpoint pathway; and ARQ 087, an inhibitor of fibroblast growth factor receptor that is in pre-clinical stage. It has partnership agreement with Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. for implementing a clinical development program designed to realize the broad potential of tivantinib as a well-tolerated single agent and in combination with other anti-cancer therapies in various disease indications. The company also has research collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. to discover selective inhibitors of two kinases in the field of oncology by utilizing its ArQule Kinase Inhibitor Platform (AKIP) technology. ArQule, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts.