Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of next generation targeted therapies for women’s cancers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California and currently employs 116 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2020-11-19. The firm is focused on transforming the standard of care and improving outcomes for patients living with breast cancer and beyond. The company is advancing a pipeline of novel therapies by leveraging its deep understanding of endocrine-driven cancers, nuclear receptors, and mechanisms of acquired resistance. Its lead product candidate, palazestrant (OP-1250), is a proprietary, orally available complete estrogen receptor (ER) antagonist (CERAN) and a selective ER degrader (SERD), in a Phase 3 clinical trial called OPERA-01. The company is being investigated in patients with recurrent, locally advanced or metastatic ER-positive (ER+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) breast cancer. In addition, it is developing OP-3136, a potent KAT6 inhibitor, in a Phase 1 clinical trial. OP-3136 is a novel, orally available small molecule that potently and selectively inhibits KAT6.
