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Moleculin Announces Notice of Allowance for Canadian Patent Covering Annamycin
HOUSTON, Sept. 25, 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 that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has issued a notice of allowance for Patent Application No. 3,142,510 titled, “PREPARATION OF PRELIPOSOMAL ANNAMYCIN LYOPHILIZATE.” A patent from the application is expected to be is
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