Moleculin Announces Completion of First Single Ascending Dose (SAD) Cohort in Phase 1a Clinical Trial of WP1122 in the UK

– Preliminary results of first cohort in the first-in-human Phase 1a allows Company to proceed to 16 mg/kg dose of WP1122 in second cohort toward establishing maximum tolerated dose (MTD) – – Multiple ascending dose (MAD) cohort to commence after completion of at least 3 successful SAD dosing cohorts – HOUSTON, June 16, 2022 — Moleculin Biotech, Inc., (Nasdaq: MBRX) (“Moleculin” or the “Company”), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio of drug candidates targeting highly resistant tumors and viruses, today reported preliminary results from the first cohort of the Company’s first-in-human Phase 1a study of WP1122. This cohort consisted of 9 subjects dosed with 8 mg/kg or placebo in the dose escalation trial evaluating the safety and pharmacokinetics (PK) of WP1122 in healthy volunteers in the United Kingdom (UK). Based on the overall results in Cohort 1, the Company deemed the first cohort dose safe and well-tolerated and will open SAD Cohort 2 with a dose escalation to 16 mg/kg.

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