DelMar Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 11th Biennial Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMPI) ("DelMar" and the "Company"), today announced that the Company and its collaborators from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have accepted an invitation to present at the 11th Biennial Ovarian Cancer Research Symposium to be held at the Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer in Seattle, Washington on September 12 – 13, 2016.

DelMar will present an abstract "Activity of dianhydrogalactitol (VAL-083) in ovarian tumor models, sensitive or resistant to cisplatin" at a poster session that will take place Monday, September 12th from 5:30-8:00 PM PDT.

VAL-083 is a "first-in-class" small-molecule chemotherapeutic that demonstrated clinical activity against a range of cancers including lung, brain, cervical, ovarian tumors and leukemia both as a single-agent and in combination with other treatments.

In April 2016, the FDA Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) granted orphan drug designation for VAL-083 in the treatment of ovarian cancer. The investigational drug candidate had earlier received an orphan designation for glioma and medulloblastoma in the United States and for glioma in Europe.

About Ovarian Cancer

According to Evaluate Pharma, the annual market for ovarian cancer therapies is expected to reach approximately $570 million in 2016, and is projected to grow to more than $3.5 billion in 2022. The American Cancer Society estimates that approximately 22,000 women will receive a new diagnosis of ovarian cancer and approximately 14,000 women will die from ovarian cancer in the United States each year. Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women, accounting for more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system.

Ovarian cancers are commonly treated with a platinum-based chemotherapy regimen. Initial tumor response rates are relatively high; however, up to 75% of ovarian cancer patients who respond to initial treatment will relapse within approximately 18 months after completing first-line therapy.  In published studies, median survival in platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer patients ranged from six to nine months.

About DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded to develop and commercialize new cancer therapies in 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 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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