Redx Pharma plc Poster Presentation at AACR Annual Meeting

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Redx Pharma plc

15 March 2018

REDX PHARMA PLC

("Redx" or "the Company")

Redx Pharma to present poster at prestigious American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting

Poster shows that lead candidate, RXC004 - a selective, orally bioavailable porcupine inhibitor- enhances immune response in pre-clinical models of cancer

Dosing recently commenced in phase 1/2a clinical trial of RXC004 in patients with hard to treat cancers

Alderley Park, March 15 2018 - Redx Pharma (AIM: REDX), the drug discovery and development company focused on cancer and fibrosis, announces that the Company's submitted abstract has been accepted for presentation as a poster at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago, 14-18 April 2018.

The poster relates to the Company's lead candidate, RXC004, a potent and selective, orally bioavailable porcupine (PORCN) inhibitor, which is currently being investigated in a phase 1/2a clinical trial in patients with hard to treat cancers. It is expected that initial data from the 1a segment of this trial will be available in H2 2018.

Richard Armer, Chief Scientific Officer of Redx Pharma plc, commented, "We are delighted that our abstract has been accepted at such a high profile conference. We are excited by the potential of RXC004 as a treatment for challenging cancers and look forward to announcing the first data from our clinical development programme with this compound."

The abstract will be presented as a poster on 17 April 2018 8.00am - 12.00pm CST, further details below:

Session Category: Immunology

Session Title: Immunomodulatory Agents and Interventions 1

Abstract Title: Porcupine inhibitor RXC004 enhances immune response in pre-clinical models of cancer

Location: McCormick Place South, Exhibit Hall A, Poster Section 32

Poster Board Number: 14

Permanent Abstract Number: 3764

First author: Inder Bhamra

For further information, please contact:

 
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About Redx Pharma Plc

Redx is a UK biotechnology company whose shares are traded on AIM (AIM:REDX). Redx is focused on creating and developing first, or potentially best in class drugs, in specific areas of cancer and fibrosis that address significant unmet medical need. Redx has an in-house discovery team with proven world-class chemistry capabilities.

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