Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals to Present New Clinical Data From Phase 2 Study of Oral Fadraciclib at the 2024 EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium

Initial safety and efficacy data from fadraciclib monotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumors preselected for CDKN2A and/or CDKN2B abnormalities

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYCC, NASDAQ: CYCCP; "Cyclacel" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer medicines, today announced that initial safety and efficacy data from twelve patients with advanced solid tumors enrolled in the Phase 2 part of the 065-101 clinical study of fadraciclib as a single agent will be presented as a poster at the 2024 AACR-NCI-EORTC 36^th Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics (“Triple Meeting”), to be held in Barcelona, Spain (October 23-25, 2024). The patients were enrolled in the biomarker-enriched, Cohort 8 of the proof of concept study and were preselected for CDKN2A and/or CDKN2B abnormalities.

Details of the presentation are listed below:

About Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Cyclacel is a clinical-stage, biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer medicines based on cell cycle, transcriptional regulation and mitosis biology. The transcriptional regulation program is evaluating fadraciclib, a CDK2/9 inhibitor, and the anti-mitotic program plogosertib, a PLK1 inhibitor, in patients with both solid tumors and hematological malignancies. Cyclacel's strategy is to build a diversified biopharmaceutical business based on a pipeline of novel drug candidates addressing oncology and hematology indications. For additional information, please visit www.cyclacel.com. 

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Company:   Paul McBarron, (908) 517-7330, IR@cyclacel.com

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