Biomea issued a press release on June 6, 2024, announcing that it “has received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that a full clinical hold has been placed on Biomea’s ongoing Phase I/II clinical trials of the Company’s investigational covalent menin inhibitor BMF-219 in type 2 and type 1 diabetes (COVALENT-111 and COVALENT-112), respectively.”

Following this news, shares of Biomea fell over 59% in after hours trading on the same day.