On April 14, 2020, Moleculin Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Walter Klemp, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will host a web-based conference call on April 16^th>at 4:30pm ET to explain the significance of the recent discovery that the active compound in WP1122 has been shown to reduce replication of SARS-CoV-2 by 50%.

A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description

99.1 Press Release dated April 14, 2020

Moleculin Biotech, Inc. Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 exh991-pressreleaseinvesto.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit Exhibit 99.1       Moleculin Announces Investor Conference Call to Discuss COVID-19 Potential for Drug Candidate Follows discovery that active compound in WP1122 reduces in vitro replication of SARS-CoV-2 by 100%HOUSTON,…
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About MOLECULIN BIOTECH, INC. (NASDAQ:MBRX)

Moleculin Biotech, Inc. is a preclinical and clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development of anti-cancer drug candidates. Its lead drug candidate is liposomal Annamycin, which it refers to as Annamycin, an anthracycline intended for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Annamycin is a Phase II clinical-stage anthracycline and liposome formulated anthracycline that has been designed to eliminate cardiotoxicity and avoid the multidrug resistance mechanisms. It has over two other drug development projects in progress, one involving a portfolio of small molecules, which it refers to as the WP1066 Portfolio, focused on the modulation of key oncogenic transcription factors involved in the progression of cancer, and the WP1122 Portfolio, a suite of molecules targeting the metabolic processes involved in cancer in general, and glioblastoma. As of September 30, 2016, it had not generated any revenue from its operations.