mbrx20260522_8k.htm 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): May 22, 2026
MOLECULIN BIOTECH, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 001-37758 | 47-4671997 |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
5300 Memorial Drive, Suite 950, Houston, TX 77007
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(713) 300-5160
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol (s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $.001 per share | MBRX | The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC |
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
On May 21, 2026, Moleculin Biotech, Inc. (the “Company”), issued a press release which announced that an abstract featuring pooled cardiac safety data for its lead drug candidate Annamycin (also known as “L-Annamycin” or “naxtarubicin”), has been accepted for poster presentation at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place May 29 – June 2, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois.
A copy of the press release and abstract are attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.
The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be “filed” for the purpose of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. | Description |
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| 99.1 | |
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| 99.2 | |
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| 104 | Cover page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| MOLECULIN BIOTECH, INC. | |||
| Date: | May 22, 2026 | ||
| By: | /s/ Jonathan P. Foster | ||
| Jonathan P. Foster | |||