Moleculin Announces Inclusion in the Russell 2000® Index
Moleculin Biotech, Inc. (Nasdaq: MBRX) announced its inclusion in the Russell 2000® Index, effective after market close on June 25, 2021. This milestone reflects the company's ongoing efforts to gain market exposure for its drug development programs targeting resistant tumors and viruses. The Russell 2000® Index represents about 10% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index, which utilizes approximately $9 trillion in assets for investment benchmarks. Moleculin is focused on developing oncology drug candidates, including Annamycin for acute myeloid leukemia, and WP1066 for various cancers.
- Inclusion in the Russell 2000® Index will increase market exposure for MBRX.
- The Russell 2000® Index is a significant benchmark, representing about 10% of the Russell 3000® Index.
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HOUSTON, June 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 announced that as part of the annual reconstitution of the Russell stock indexes, Moleculin has been selected to be added to the Russell 2000® Index effective after the close of the U.S. equity markets on June 25, 2021.
"We are pleased to have been included in this year's reconstitution of the Russell 2000® Index. Our team has worked tirelessly to advance the Company on multiple fronts and we believe this inclusion is further evidence of those efforts. We are grateful for the opportunity to access increased market exposure to help drive awareness of our development programs seeking to solve the toughest challenges in highly resistant cancers and viruses," commented Walter Klemp, Chairman and CEO of Moleculin.
The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the US equity market. The Russell 2000® Index is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index representing approximately
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About Moleculin Biotech, Inc.
Moleculin Biotech, Inc. is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of a broad portfolio of drug candidates for the treatment of highly resistant tumors and viruses. The Company's lead program, Annamycin is a next-generation anthracycline designed to avoid multidrug resistance mechanisms with little to no cardiotoxicity. Annamycin is currently in development for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and soft tissue sarcoma (STS) lung metastases.
Additionally, the Company is developing WP1066, an Immune/Transcription Modulator capable of inhibiting p-STAT3 and other oncogenic transcription factors while also stimulating a natural immune response, targeting brain tumors, pancreatic and other cancers, and WP1220, an analog to WP1066, for the topical treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Moleculin is also engaged in the development of a portfolio of antimetabolites, including WP1122 for the potential treatment of COVID-19 and other viruses, as well as cancer indications including brain tumors, pancreatic and other cancers.
For more information about the Company, please visit www.moleculin.com and connect on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, without limitation, whether inclusion the Russell 2000® Index will result in increased market exposure. Although Moleculin believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, expectations may prove to have been materially different from the results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Moleculin has attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including ''believes,'' ''estimates,'' ''anticipates,'' ''expects,'' ''plans,'' ''projects,'' ''intends,'' ''potential,'' ''may,'' ''could,'' ''might,'' ''will,'' ''should,'' ''approximately'' or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including those discussed under Item 1A. "Risk Factors" in our most recently filed Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and updated from time to time in our Form 10-Q filings and in our other public filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this release speak only as of its date. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release to reflect events or circumstances occurring after its date or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Investor Contact:
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