Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. announced the signing of an agreement with Kainos Medicine, Inc. (Kainos), granting Emmaus an exclusive license to patent rights, know-how and other intellectual property relating to Kainos' novel IRAK4 inhibitor, referred to as KM10544, for the treatment of cancers including leukemia, lymphoma and solid tumors. The license agreement expands upon the existing research and development collaboration agreement between the parties. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.

Emmaus intends to advance the licensed technology to complete in-vivo studies to determine disease selection for KM10544 which, if successful, would be followed by Investigational New Drug enabling studies. Emmaus also plans to seek Orphan Drug Designation for relevant clinical indications.