Moleculin Announces Collaboration with Emory University to Develop Novel Treatment of Pediatric Brain Cancer

Moleculin Biotech (NASDAQ: MBRX) a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of anti-cancer drug candidates, some of which are based on license agreements with The University of Texas System on behalf of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Emory University to enable expanded cancer research on Moleculin’s WP1066 molecule for the possible treatment of medulloblastoma, a pediatric malignant primary brain tumor.

As quoted in the press release:

“This research seems to confirm what other studies have shown; namely that WP1066 is capable of tumor suppression of many human cancers including brain tumors transplanted into mice,” commented Walter Klemp, Chairman and CEO of Moleculin. “This adds to a growing list of prestigious cancer research centers interested in using (exploring/developing) WP1066 to treat cancer patients.”

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