Innovation Pharmaceuticals Reports p53 Drug Candidate Therapeutic Potential Further Supported by Academic Research

Innovation Pharmaceuticals (OTCQB:IPIX) (“the Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, is pleased to report recent academic and pre-clinical research further supports the therapeutic potential of Kevetrin, the Company’s p53 drug candidate, in leukemias and in combination with cancer immunotherapies. Kevetrin has been successfully evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical trial in advanced solid tumors and a Phase 2a clinical trial in late-stage ovarian cancer. Kevetrin and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Building on data presented at the 2017 European Hematological Association (EHA) Annual Meeting by independent cancer researchers and their conclusion —“Our results suggest Kevetrin is a promising new drug in AML patients treatment, both in wild type and, even more, in TP53 mutated tumors, through different molecular mechanisms, giving more therapeutic alternatives in the treatment of this disease.”—the Company has been notified that a related scientific article is under review for publication by a leading oncology journal. The paper details Kevetrin’s treatment potential in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) by targeting p53 and several key leukemia-related genes. AML accounts for approximately one-third of all leukemias worldwide and has a 5-year survival rate of only 25 percent.

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