Moleculin Biotech Partners With CIC biomaGUNE To Preclinically Test Annamycin For Glioblastoma Treatment

Investigator-Initiated Preclinical studies at CIC biomaGUNE aimed at combatting Glioblastoma Multiforme 

Research will evaluate effects of intra-arterial delivery of Annamycin

HOUSTON, Dec. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Moleculin Biotech, Inc., (NASDAQ:MBRX) ("Moleculin" or the "Company"), a late-stage pharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio of drug candidates targeting hard-to-treat cancers and viral infections, today announced it has entered into a research and material transfer agreement with CIC biomaGUNE, a non-profit research organization created to promote scientific research and technological innovation at the highest levels in the Basque Country, Spain, for investigator-initiated preclinical research evaluating Annamycin for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a form of brain cancer.

Under the terms of the agreement Moleculin will supply Annamycin and Jesús Ruiz-Cabello, Principal Investigator at CIC biomaGUNE will conduct the planned preclinical research. The studies covered under this agreement will evaluate tumor progression following intra-arterial delivery of liposomal Annamycin (L-Annamycin) and Free-Annamycin as compared to Doxil and Free-doxorubicin in mouse models.