Shuttle Pharma Pays Off Senior Secured Convertible Note
October 29 2024 - 3:05PM
Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SHPH) (“Shuttle
Pharma”), a discovery and development stage specialty
pharmaceutical company focused on improving outcomes for cancer
patients treated with radiation therapy (RT), today announced that,
during the third quarter of this year, it paid off the entirety of
the outstanding balance due under its Senior Secured Convertible
Note (“Note”) issued on January 11, 2023.
The initial balance of the Note was $4.3 million and was
originally repayable over a 26-month period ending March 11, 2025.
During the term of the note, Shuttle Pharma made periodic cash
payments totaling $1.3 million and equity issuances totaling
1,094,970 shares (on a post reverse split basis). As a result, the
Company now has a total of 2,946,099 shares outstanding.
Additionally, in October 2024, Shuttle Pharma closed on a
convertible note and warrant offering, receiving a total of
$790,000 in gross proceeds, including $237,500 invested by the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Anatoly Dritschilo.
“The elimination of the convertible note along with obtaining
the bridge funding provides us with added flexibility to advance
our ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of patients
with glioblastoma,” commented Shuttle Pharma's Chairman and CEO,
Anatoly Dritschilo, M.D. “Over the past few months, Shuttle Pharma
has made progress on a number of key activities. Along with our
paydown of the convertible note and raising interim bridge funding,
we have entered into agreements with six trial sites, five of which
are now fully prepared to begin treating patients in the Phase 2
clinical trial. I look forward to maintaining our focus towards
achieving our goal of increasing cancer cure rates, prolonging
patient survival, and improving the quality of life for patients
suffering from glioblastoma.”
The Phase 2 clinical trial has begun enrolling patients with the
most aggressive brain tumors out there – IDH wild-type, methylation
negative glioblastoma. Presently, radiation is the only approved
standard of care for this particular group of patients, with more
than half of the patients surviving for less than 12 months after
diagnosis. Shuttle Pharma’s Phase 2 clinical trial will consist
initially of 40 patients randomized into two different doses (20 @
1,200 mg/day and 20 @ 960 mg/day) to determine an optimal dose.
Once the Company determines the optimal dose, it will then add an
additional 14 patients on the optimal dosage allowing for the
achievement of statistical significance with the end point being
that of survival as compared to historical controls. The Company
expects the trial to be completed over a period of 18 to 24
months.
An estimated 800,000 patients in the US are treated with
radiation therapy for their cancers yearly. According to the
American Cancer Society and the American Society of Radiation
Oncologists, about 50% are treated for curative purposes and the
balance for therapeutic care. The market opportunity for radiation
sensitizers lies with the 400,000 patients treated for curative
purposes, with this number expected to grow by more than 22% over
the next five years.
More information about the Phase 2 study (NCT06359379) can be
found at www.clinicaltrials.gov.
About Shuttle Pharmaceuticals
Founded in 2012 by faculty members of the Georgetown
University Medical Center, Shuttle Pharma is a discovery and
development stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on
improving the outcomes for cancer patients treated with radiation
therapy (RT). Our mission is to improve the lives of cancer
patients by developing therapies that are designed to maximize the
effectiveness of RT while limiting the side effects of radiation in
cancer treatment. Although RT is a proven modality for treating
cancers, by developing radiation sensitizers, we aim to increase
cancer cure rates, prolong patient survival and improve quality of
life when used as a primary treatment or in combination with
surgery, chemotherapy and immunotherapy. For more information,
please visit our website at www.shuttlepharma.com.
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important factors, including factors discussed in the “Risk
Factors” section of Shuttle Pharma’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2023, as amended, filed with the SEC on
September 4, 2024, as well as other SEC filings. Any
forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak
only as of the date hereof and, except as required by federal
securities laws, Shuttle Pharmaceuticals specifically disclaims any
obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Shuttle PharmaceuticalsAnatoly
Dritschilo, M.D., CEO240-403-4212info@shuttlepharma.com
Investor ContactsLytham Partners, LLCRobert
Blum602-889-9700shph@lythampartners.com
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