Patent Covers Combining LIXTE’s LB-100 with Various Innovative Cancer Immunotherapies PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW) (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) today announced it has received a Notice of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for U.S. Patent application number 16/467,721, titled, "Oxabicycloheptanes for... Read More

PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW) (“LIXTE” or the “Company”), today announced the dosing of the first patient in a new clinical trial in collaboration with the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) and supported by F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. (“Roche”) for treatment of unresponsive (MSI Low) metastatic colorectal cancer. As part of the clinical trial (... Read More

Collaboration with NKI and Funding Support for New Colorectal Cancer Clinical Trial by Major Pharma Company Distinguished Oncologist Jan Schellens Joins LIXTE as Chief Medical Officer Preclinical Data Published in Journal EMBO Reports Shows LB-100 as Potentially Enhancing the Benefit of Immunotherapy LIXTE to Present at Two Upcoming Investor Conferences PASADENA, CA, Aug. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology... Read More

Company to Present August 20 at Investor Summit Summer 2024 Virtual Conference; and September 9-11 at H.C. Wainwright 26 th Annual Global Investment Conference PASADENA, CALIF., Aug. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, today announced it will be presenting at two investor conferences: The Investor Summit... Read More

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / August 14, 2024 / Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:LIXT) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on new targets for cancer drug development and developing and commercializing cancer therapies. The company will be available for 1-on-1 meetings throughout the day in addition to their presentation. Event: Q3 Investor Summit Date: August 20 th , 2024 Presentation Time: 2:00 pm ET... Read More

Clinical trial to test recent findings that show LIXTE’s lead clinical compound, LB-100, increases recognition of colon cancer cells by the immune system PASADENA, CA, June 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, today announced a collaboration with Roche and the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) to conduct... Read More

Clinical trial to test recent findings that show LIXTE’s lead clinical compound, LB-100, increases recognition of colon cancer cells by the immune system PASADENA, CA, June 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, today announced a collaboration with Roche and the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) to conduct... Read More

LB-100 Generates Neo-Antigens in Cancer Cells that are Presented to the Immune System by Disrupting the Process of RNA Splicing PASADENA, CA, June 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) ( Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, today announced online publication of new pre-clinical data in the journal EMBO Reports , showing that its lead compound,... Read More

PASADENA, Calif., June 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a new class of cancer therapy to enhance chemotherapy and immunotherapy, today announced the appointment of Jan Schellens, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Medical Officer (CMO). Dr. Schellens brings to LIXTE more than 25 years of clinical... Read More

Publishing of Findings in Recent Pre-Clinical Study for LIXTE’s Proprietary Compound, LB-100, in New Field of Cancer Biology, “Activation Lethality” Presentation at MedInvest Biotech and Pharma Investor Conference Co-Sponsorship/Presentation of Workshop at Harvard University’s Dana Farber Cancer Institute PASADENA, CA, May 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:... Read More

Recent Findings Relate to LIXTE’s Lead Clinical Compound, LB-100, to be Presented at Workshop on May 9 and 10 at Harvard’s Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston PASADENA, CA, May 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, today announced it is co-sponsoring an international scientific workshop on “Therapeutic... Read More

LB-100 IS SYNERGISTIC WITH WEE1 INHIBITION IN KILLING CANCER CELLS; FINDING OPENS NEW TREATMENT STRATEGY IN ADDITION TO THREE CURRENT LIXTE CLINICAL TRIALS PASADENA, CA, March 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, announced today publication of pre-clinical data in the online journal, Cancer Discovery ,... Read More

Three Clinical Trials Currently Underway for Treating Ovarian, Lung and Sarcoma Cancers PASADENA, Calif., March 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a new class of cancer therapy to enhance chemotherapy and immunotherapy, today provided an update on the Company’s progress with its proprietary... Read More

Conference In Dublin, Ireland on February 27 - 29, 2024 Focuses on How to Bring Basic Science Discoveries to the Clinic PASADENA, CA, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW) (“LIXTE” or the “Company”), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing a novel class of cancer therapy called PP2A inhibitors, today announced that René Bernards, PhD, professor of molecular... Read More

Agreement Focuses on Combining LIXTE’s LB-100 with Various Innovative Cancer Immunotherapies PASADENA, CA, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW) (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) today announced the signing of an exclusive patent license agreement with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and National Cancer Institute (NCI), each a component of... Read More

PASADENA, CA, Jan. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW) (“LIXTE” or the “Company”), today announced the dosing of the first patient in a Phase 1b/2 clinical trial to assess whether adding LIXTE’s LB-100 to GSK’s programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)-blocking monoclonal antibody, dostarlimab-gxly, may enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapy in the treatment of ovarian clear... Read More

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a new class of cancer therapy to enhance chemotherapy and immunotherapy benefit, today provided an update on its progress. Clinical Trial and Other Advancements Year-to-date, LIXTE has made advances in the development of LB-100 through... Read More

Extension Agreement Follows Successful Two-Year Collaboration in Colon Cancer PASADENA, CA, Oct. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW) announced that it has signed an agreement to expand its collaboration with the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) and Oncode Institute to study drug synergies of LIXTE’s lead clinical compound, LB-100, with immunotherapy in various cancers.... Read More

PASADENA, CA, Oct. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing a novel class of cancer therapy called PP2A inhibitors, today announced the passing of its founder and Executive Chairman, John S. Kovach, M.D. Dr. Kovach, 87, founded the Company in 2005 and held a distinguished medical and scientific... Read More

Biotechnology V eteran Bas van der Baan B rings P recision O ncology E xpertise ; Founder John S . Kovach Named Executive Chairman PASADENA, CA, Sept. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing a novel class of cancer therapy called PP2A inhibitors, announced that Bas van der Baan has been named as... Read More

The Phase 1b Clinical Trial Focuses on Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of the Two-Drug Combination in a Cancer Associated with Longer Survival to Immunotherapy When Genetically Deficient in PP2A PASADENA, CA, Sept. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT) (“LIXTE”), today announced a Phase 1b collaborative clinical trial to assess whether adding Lixte’s LB-100 to GSK’s programmed death... Read More

PASADENA, CA, July 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW) (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering of 583,334 shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) and concurrent private placement of common warrants to purchase up to 583,334 shares of common stock (together with the... Read More

PASADENA, CA, July 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW) (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) today announced it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with a single health-care focused, institutional investor for the purchase and sale of 583,334 shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) in a registered direct offering and common warrants to... Read More

Results Provide Striking Molecular Evidence that I nhibiting PP2A with LB -100 Sensitizes Cancer Cells to Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy PASADENA, CA, July 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) ( Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW) today announced that a recently posted article in BioRxiv ( https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.12.548685v1 ), based on the results of a... Read More

PASADENA, CA, June 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT) (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) announced today that it has received confirmation from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that it has regained compliance with the minimum bid price requirement of $1.00 per share under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) and currently meets all other applicable criteria for continued listing. On June... Read More

PASADENA, CA, June 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT) (“LIXTE”), a clinical-stage drug discovery company developing pharmacologically active drugs for use in cancer treatment, today announced the enrollment of the first patient in the Phase 1b portion of the Phase 1b/2 protocol ( NCT05809830 ) to determine the appropriate dose of LB-100 given with a standard dose of doxorubicin.... Read More

PASADENA, CA, June 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT) announced today that it will effect a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding common stock effective on Friday, June 2, 2023. Commencing with the opening of trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on Monday, June 5, 2023, the Company’s common stock will trade on a post-split basis... Read More

Results Add to Growing Body of Evidence that Inhibiting PP2A with LB-100 May Be a General Method for Enhancing the Effectiveness of Immunotherapy in Refractory Cancers PASADENA, CA, May 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT) today announced that a recently published article in the journal Cancer Research showed that PP2A, the pharmacologic target of LIXTE’s... Read More

First clinical trial seeking to determine if the potentiation of cytotoxic chemotherapy by LB-100 occurs in cancer patients as has been shown in multiple animal studies across a spectrum of cancers PASADENA, CA, April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT) (“LIXTE”) a clinical-stage drug discovery company developing pharmacologically active drugs for use in cancer treatment, announced... Read More

Clinical Trial Focuses on Assessing Whether LB-100 Enhances the Effectiveness of a Standard Regimen Combining Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy for Untreated Small Cell Lung Cancer as it Does in Animal Models PASADENA, CA, April 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIXT) (“LIXTE” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage drug discovery company developing pharmacologically active drugs for use in... Read More

THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT PP2A, THE TARGET OF LIXTE’S LEAD CLINICAL COMPOUND, LB-100 , WHEN DEFICIENT, ENHANCES EFFECTS OF IMMUN E CHECKPOINT BLOCKADE OF CANCER BY A PREVIOUSLY UNAPPRECIATED MECHANISM PASADENA, CA, Feb. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT) announced that, as recently reported in The Journal of Clinical Investigation , PP2A, the pharmacologic... Read More

THE STUDY ESTABLISH ES A NOVEL CONCEPT OF “TUMOR SUPPRESSIVE DRUG RESISTANCE” THE COMBINATION OF LB-100 WITH INHIBITORS OF CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE MODULATORS WAS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN KILLING CANCER CELLS IN SEVERAL PRE-CLINICAL CANCER MODELS RESISTANCE TO THIS THERAPY CAN RESULT IN THE LOSS OF THE ONCOGENIC PROPERTIES OF CANCER CELLS PASADENA, CA, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc . (“LIXTE”... Read More

Presentation to be Broadcast Wednesday December 7 at 3:30 p.m. EST/12:30 p.m. PST PASADENA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 30, 2022 / LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:LIXT) today announced it will be presenting at the Planet MicroCap Showcase: VIRTUAL 2022 investor conference Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. EST/12:30 p.m. PST. John S. Kovach, M.D., founder and CEO of LIXTE, will host the presentation. Dr.... Read More