Health & Fitness
Tue, September 11, 2012
LOS ANGELES--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ CytRx Corporation ] (NASDAQ: CYTR), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in oncology, today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Steven A. Kriegsman and Vice President of Business Development David J. Haen will present a business update at the Rodman & Renshaw 14th Annual Global Investment Conference on Tuesday, September 11 at 11:15 a.m. Eastern time (8:15 a.m. Pacific time) in the Starlight Center of the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City.
A webcast of the presentation will be available on the Companyas website at [ http://cytrx.com/investors/presentations ].
About CytRx Corporation
CytRx Corporation is a biopharmaceutical research and development company specializing in oncology. The CytRx oncology pipeline includes two programs in clinical development for cancer indications: [ aldoxorubicin (formerly known as INNO-206) ] and [ tamibarotene ]. With its tumor-targeted doxorubicin conjugate aldoxorubicin, CytRx has initiated an international Phase 2b clinical trial as a treatment for soft tissue sarcomas, has completed its Phase 1b/2 clinical trial primarily in the same indication, recently initiated both a Phase 2 trial for patients with advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas and a Phase 1b study of aldoxorubicin in combination with doxorubicin in patients with advanced solid tumors, and plans to meet with the FDA in the second half of 2012 to discuss a potential Phase 3 pivotal trial as a therapy for patients with soft tissue sarcomas whose tumors have progressed following treatment with chemotherapy. Tamibarotene is being tested in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, international Phase 2b clinical trial in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, and is in a Phase 2 clinical trial as a treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). The Company completed its evaluation of a third drug candidate, [ bafetinib ], in the ENABLE Phase 2 clinical trial in high-risk B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), and plans to seek a partner for further development of bafetinib. For more information about the Company, visit [ www.cytrx.com ].