Kitov Provides Corporate Update And Reports First Half 2017 Financial Results

TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Kitov Pharmaceuticals Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: KTOV) (TASE: KTOV), an innovative biopharmaceutical company, today provided a corporate update and reported financial results for the first half of 2017, ending June 30, 2017.

"We are pleased with the significant progress we have achieved during the recent months. Thanks to the intensive, dedicated and professional work of our staff, investigators and CROs, we recently submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for KIT-302, our lead drug candidate developed to simultaneously treat pain caused by osteoarthritis and to treat hypertension," said Kitov's CEO, Isaac Israel. "We are confident in the quality of the submitted package, and look forward to a response from the FDA shortly regarding whether the NDA is complete and acceptable for filing.

"In addition, we have expanded our pipeline with NT-219, a promising cancer therapy candidate, through the acquisition of a controlling interest in TyrNovo. Results from pre-clinical studies of NT-219, a small molecule, demonstrated its efficacy in overcoming drug resistance in a variety of cancers and in combination with multiple pharmacologic cancer therapies. We are focused on advancing this highly promising therapeutic candidate into clinical trials in 2018 in order to provide enhanced treatment options to cancer patients.

"With the completion of the recent equity offering, we are well positioned to accomplish our strategic initiatives in 2018. Our plan is to continue growing Kitov as an innovative, emerging pharmaceutical company. Our mission is to leverage the significant potential of our product development pipeline to create long-term shareholder value."