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Enliven Therapeutics adds Kristine Ball to board; Phase 3 relcobatinib trial to start before year-end
Enliven Therapeutics, Inc.
- Board expanded from seven to eight directors; Ball appointed Class II director effective Oct. 14, 2026, term expiring at the 2028 annual meeting, and joins the Audit Committee.
- Compensation: $45,000/year as outside director plus $10,000/year for Audit Committee service, and stock options with grant-date fair value of about $650,000.
- Options vest 1/36th monthly, with full acceleration on a Change in Control; Ball also signed the company's standard indemnification agreement.
- Ball was CEO of Antiva Biosciences and Soteria Biotherapeutics and CFO of Menlo Therapeutics and Relypsa; she chairs Oruka Therapeutics' audit committee.
- Company reaffirmed plans to initiate the pivotal Phase 3 trial of relcobatinib (ELVN-001) in previously treated CML before year-end 2026 after FDA alignment on ENABLE-2 design.