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Inspyr Therapeutics and Lewis and Clark Pharmaceuticals to Merge
Inspyr Therapeutics and Lewis and Clark Pharmaceuticals to Merge.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nWESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. and CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inspyr Therapeutics (OTCQB:NSPXD), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, and Lewis and Clark Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held biotechnology company, today announced that they have entered into an agreement to create an integrated company with a proprietary platform driving a pipeline of novel therapeutics.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nUnder this agreement, Inspyr will purchase Lewis and Clark in an all-stock transaction and will execute plans to leverage a team with significant experience to advance a broader pipeline of novel therapeutics. The boards of directors of both Inspyr and Lewis and Clark have unanimously approved the proposed agreement, which is subject to customary closing conditions as well as reaching a definitive agreement on all of the terms.“By combining the strengths of each organization, we are creating an integrated biopharmaceutical company with a unique ability to potentially improve outcomes for patients in a variety of therapeutic areas.  Our capabilities will span from the discovery of new molecules through clinical development and regulatory filings,” said Peter Grebow Ph.D., Chairman of Inspyr.  “Over the last 12 months, we embarked on a path to unlock the potential of our lead therapy Mipsagargin, strengthen the management team and broaden the pipeline. We will now have proprietary platform technology, additional expertise and laboratory facilities, while also broadening the pipeline. We believe this transaction immediately creates a stronger company and longer term allows us to explore new options to generate additional value from this proprietary platform and pipeline of novel therapies.”“Our proprietary platform has been validated with multiple therapies and we are eager to advance into IND-enabling studies,” said Robert Thompson, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lewis and Clark Pharmaceuticals. “We are excited to leverage the Inspyr team’s expertise in translational medicine and clinical development, in particular for oncology therapeutics, to accelerate our pipeline toward the clinic and unlock additional value from this technology.”Inspyr will become an integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on advancin...