Moleculin Biotech, Inc. announced that the Company has engaged Wolfram C. M. Dempke, MD, PhD, MBA, MRCP as its EU Chief Medical Officer and part-time contractor for its European clinical trials. Dr. Dempke currently serves as the Vice President, Scientific Solutions: Hematology & Oncology, at Worldwide Clinical Trials. He holds oncology/hematology society memberships in the U.S. and Europe.

He has published five textbooks and more than 150 peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Dempke continues to teach classes in the Munich University Medical Oncology department, Germany, and he even continues to see patients on a monthly basis. Prior to his current role, Dr. Dempke served as the External Expert at Novartis Oncology Global Clinical Development (NSCLC) (Basel, Switzerland), where he was responsible for the development of capmatinib (c- MET inhibitor), nazartinib (EGFRmut inhibitor), and novel compounds in Phase 1.