Moleculin to Present at the 29th Annual Roth Capital Conference

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwired - March 10, 2017) - Moleculin Biotech, Inc., (NASDAQ: MBRX) ("Moleculin" or the "Company"), a preclinical pharmaceutical company focused on the development of anti-cancer drug candidates, some of which are based on license agreements with The University of Texas System on behalf of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, today announced that it will present at the upcoming 29th Annual Roth Conference, which will take place from March 12-15, 2017 at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, California.

The presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 9:00 am PT (12:00 PM ET). Moleculin's Chairman and CEO, Walter Klemp and Jonathan Foster, CFO, will be available to meet with investors who are registered to attend the conference. If you are an investor and wish to attend the Company's presentation or schedule a meeting, please click the following link: http://www.roth.com/main/page.aspx?PageID=7280.

About Moleculin Biotech, Inc.

Moleculin Biotech, Inc. is a preclinical pharmaceutical company focused on the development of anti-cancer drug candidates, some of which are based on discoveries made at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Our lead product candidate is Annamycin, a Phase II clinical stage anthracycline for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia, more commonly referred to as AML. We also have two pre-clinical small molecule portfolios, one of which is focused on the modulation of hard-to-target tumor cell signaling mechanisms and the recruitment of the patient's own immune system. The other portfolio targets the metabolism of tumors.

For more information about Moleculin, please visit http://www.moleculin.com

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