Biomea Fusion Announces Approval of “icovamenib” as International Nonproprietary Name for BMF-219

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Biomea Fusion, Inc. (“Biomea”) (Nasdaq: BMEA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering and developing oral covalent small molecules to treat and improve the lives of patients with diabetes, obesity, and genetically defined cancers, today announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved “icovamenib” as the International Nonproprietary Name (INN) for its lead product candidate BMF-219, and that the United States Adopted Name Council has adopted “icovamenib” as the United States Adopted Name (USAN) for BMF-219. The suffix ‘-menib’ stands for menin inhibitor.

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