VANCOUVER and MENLO PARK,Calif., Dec. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQX: DMPI) (“DelMar” and “DelMar Pharma”), a clinical stage drug development company focused on the development and commercialization of a new chemotherapy for the treatment of refractory glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and deadly form of human brain cancer, announced that it will begin trading today on the OTCQX® marketplace.
U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com
“We are proud to welcome DelMar Pharmaceuticals to the OTCQX marketplace,” said R. Cromwell Coulson, president and CEO of OTC Markets Group. “DelMar Pharmaceuticals joins the growing group of U.S. and global companies that are choosing to trade on OTCQX to provide their investors with transparent trading and convenient access to their news and financial disclosure. We congratulate DelMar Pharmaceuticals’ management team on this achievement and wish the company continued success.”
DelMar Pharmaceuticals president and CEO Jeffrey Bacha commented, “DelMar is pleased to upgrade from OTCQB today and join the many top tier companies trading on the prestigious OTCQX marketplace. This is an important step forward for our company as we advance our drug development programs toward commercialization and seek to deliver long-term shareholder value.”
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About DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded to develop and commercialize proven cancer therapies in new orphan drug indications where patients are failing or have become intolerable to modern targeted or biologic treatments. The Company’s lead drug in development, VAL-083, is currently undergoing clinical trials in the U.S. as a potential treatment for refractory glioblastoma multiforme. VAL-083 has been extensively studied by U.S. National Cancer Institute, and is currently approved for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and lung cancer in China. Published pre-clinical and clinical data suggest that VAL-083 may be active against a range of tumor types via a novel mechanism of action that could provide improved treatment options for patients.
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