Moleculin Announces Patients Treated in FDA Approved Phase I/II Annamycin Clinical Trial

Moleculin Biotech (NASDAQ: MBRX) a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of oncology drug candidates, all of which are based on license agreements with The University of Texas System on behalf of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, today announced that patients have successfully begun treatment in its U.S. Phase I/II clinical trial of Annamycin for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (“AML”).

As quoted in the press release:

The first patient enrolled in Moleculin’s Annamycin clinical trial was treated at The University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Seidman Cancer Center on March 28, 2018.

“It is exciting to now have this trial fully under way,” commented Walter Klemp, Chairman and CEO of Moleculin. “We are also pleased that the same Cancer Center has begun treatment of the second patient as well, so we are hopeful that the pace of recruitment will also meet our expectations. We continue to work toward opening additional U.S. sites to increase patients’ access to this clinical trial.”

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