NEWTOWN, Pa., Jan. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ONTX), a Phase 3 clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel products to treat cancer, today announced that Mark Guerin, Chief Financial Officer, will present a company overview at NobleCON13, Noble Capital Markets’ 13th annual small cap and emerging growth investor conference being held at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida.
The presentation details are:
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Time: 12:30 PM
Room 2
To view the corporate slide presentation, please click here.
A recording of the presentation will be available on Onconova’s website or via this link approximately one hour after the live event.
About Onconova Therapeutics, Inc.
Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. is a Phase 3 stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel small molecule drug candidates to treat cancer. Rigosertib, Onconova’s lead candidate, is a proprietary phase 3 small molecule agent, blocking cellular signaling by acting as a Ras mimetic. Using a proprietary chemistry platform, Onconova has created a pipeline of targeted anti-cancer agents designed to work against specific cellular pathways that are important in cancer cells, while causing minimal damage to normal cells. Onconova has three product candidates in clinical trials and several active pre-clinical programs. Advanced clinical trials with our lead compound, rigosertib, are aimed at unmet medical needs of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). For more information, please visit http://www.onconova.com.
Forward Looking Statements
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