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BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., March 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:CYCC) (Nasdaq:CYCCP) (Cyclacel or the Company), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines based on cancer cell biology, announced that an abstract highlighting clinical data for Cyclacel's DNA damage response program featuring sapacitabine in patients with breast cancer and an abstract reporting preclinical data for Cyclacel’s CYC065, have been selected for poster presentations at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2019 being held on March 29 – April 3 in Atlanta.

Details for the presentations are as follows:

Sapacitabine

Title: Expansion cohort of Phase I study of oral sapacitabine and oral seliciclib in patients with metastatic breast cancer and BRCA1/2 mutations
Session Title: Phase I Clinical Trials: Part 2
Session Date and Time: Monday Apr 1, 2019 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Session Location: Georgia World Congress Center, Exhibit Hall B, Poster Section 17
Poster Board Number: 7
Permanent Abstract Number: CT050

CYC065

Title: Next generation CDK2/9 inhibitor CYC065 triggers anaphase catastrophe in diverse aneuploid cancers and markedly inhibits growth and metastasis
Session Title: PO.MCB06.02 - Targeting the Cell Cycle: Development of Preclinical Models and Therapeutic Targets 
Session Date and Time:Tuesday Apr 2, 20191:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Poster Section 37
Poster Board Number: 1
Permanent Abstract Number: 4407
The abstracts can be accessed through the AACR website: www.aacr.org.

About Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company using its expertise in cell cycle, transcriptional regulation and DNA damage response biology in cancer cells to develop innovative medicines. The transcriptional regulation program is evaluating CYC065, a CDK inhibitor, in patients with advanced solid cancers and in combination with venetoclax in patients with advanced hematological malignancies, including CLL and AML. The DNA damage response program is evaluating a sequential regimen of sapacitabine and seliciclib, a CDK inhibitor, in BRCA positive patients with advanced solid cancers and a concomitant regimen of sapacitabine and olaparib, a PARP inhibitor, in BRCA positive patients with breast cancer. CYC140, a PLK inhibitor, is in a Phase 1 first-in-human study in patients with advanced leukemias. Cyclacel's strategy is to build a diversified biopharmaceutical business focused in hematology and oncology based on a pipeline of novel drug candidates. For additional information, please visit www.cyclacel.com.

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Contacts
Company:  Paul McBarron, (908) 517-7330, pmcbarron@cyclacel.com
Investor Relations:  Russo Partners LLC, Alexander Fudukidis, (646) 942-5632, alex.fudukidis@russopartnersllc.com

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