BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYCC) (NASDAQ:CYCCP) announced that it has advanced sapacitabine into Phase 2 development as a second-line treatment for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). The MDS study is designed as a protocol amendment expanding the ongoing Phase 2 trial of sapacitabine in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) to include a cohort of patients with MDS. MDS are a group of hematologic cancers in which the bone marrow becomes unable to produce a sufficient number of healthy blood cells. Patients with MDS often progress to AML.