On June 20, 2018 Moleculin Biotech, Inc., (Nasdaq:MBRX) ("Moleculin" or the "Company"), 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, reported it has received Polish National Office approval to begin its second Phase I/II clinical trial to study Annamycin for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia ("AML") (Press release, Moleculin, JUN 20, 2018, View Source [SID1234527406]).

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"This approval is a significant step forward to be able to treat additional patients with AML and to generate positive clinical data regarding Annamycin," commented Walter Klemp, Chairman and CEO of Moleculin. "Consent from the Polish National Office was the final step required to allow us to begin recruiting patients for this important trial. Enrollment will begin immediately and we expect patients to commence receiving treatment, at the appropriate dose, in this clinical trial during the second half of this year."