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February 5, 2026

Curtana Pharmaceuticals Announces New Data Confirming CT-179 Effectively Crosses Blood-Brain Barrier and Synergizes with Radiation in Pediatric Brain Cancers. Austin, TX – February 5, 2026 – Curtana Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on improving outcomes for brain cancer patients, today announced the publication of a new study in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences…

February 2, 2026

Preclinical Study Reveals that CT-179 Remodels the Tumor Microenvironment – Turning “Cold” Tumors “Hot” – and Significantly Enhancing the Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Austin, TX – February 2, 2026 – Curtana Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on improving outcomes for brain cancer patients, today announced the publication of a pivotal new study in…

February 4, 2025

Curtana Pharmaceuticals Announces Breakthrough in Pediatric Brain Cancer Treatment with Dual Studies Published in Nature Communications

July 15, 2021

Curtana Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held, preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Catalent to support tablet formulation and manufacturing of Curtana’s CT-179, a drug therapy for the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM), medulloblastoma (MB), and other brain cancers.

June 15, 2021

Data Presented in Oral Presentation at the SNO 6Biennial Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Research Conference AUSTIN, TX — June 15, 2021 —Curtana Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held, preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that an abstract published in Neuro-Oncology earlier this month shows that CT-179, a first-in-class OLIG2 inhibitor, significantly prolonged event-free survival in an animal model of medulloblastoma…

October 6, 2020

AUSTIN, TX — October 6, 2020 — Curtana Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held, preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Rare Pediatric Disease (RPD) designation to CT-179, the company’s lead Olig2 inhibitor, for the treatment of medulloblastoma (MB). With the RPD designation, Curtana Pharmaceuticals may be eligible for a…

August 22, 2017

AUSTIN, TX — August 22, 2017 — Curtana Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held, preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has completed a pre-investigational new drug (IND) meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the proposed clinical development program for treating newly diagnosed adult glioblastoma (GBM) patients…

August 15, 2017

AUSTIN, TX — August 15, 2017 — Curtana Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held, preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to CT-179, the company’s lead Olig2 inhibitor for the treatment of gliomas, including glioblastoma (GBM) in adults and pediatric high grade glioma in children. Glioblastoma is…

September 7, 2016

AUSTIN, TX — September 7, 2016 — Curtana Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held, preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel therapy for glioblastoma (GBM) and other brain cancers, has been selected to present at the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) 2016 University Startups Demo Day in Washington, DC. NCET2 will hold its first University Startups…

June 1, 2016

AUSTIN, TX — June 1, 2016 — Curtana Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held, preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel therapy for glioblastoma (GBM), was recognized as one of the Rice Alliance 10 Most Promising Life Science Companies at the 2016 Texas Life Science Forum held on May 26 at the BioScience Research Collaborative in Houston. The…

November 18, 2015

AUSTIN, TX – November 18, 2015 – Curtana Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held, preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel therapy for glioblastoma (GBM), today announced that Gary W. Pace, Ph.D. has been elected to its board of directors. Dr. Pace is a highly seasoned biotechnology executive and senior operations manager of small and large-scale life sciences…

September 1, 2015

AUSTIN, TX — September 1, 2015 — Curtana Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held, preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a novel therapy for glioblastoma (GBM), today announced that Martin Simonetti has been elected to Curtana’s board of directors. Simonetti has served on Curtana’s business advisory board since March 2014. Simonetti is a C-level biotechnology executive with expertise in…