Rakovina Therapeutics to Present at the JCA-AACR Precision Medicine International Conference

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rakovina Therapeutics Inc. (TSXV: RKV) (“the Company”), a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing new cancer therapies based on novel DNA-damage response technologies, is pleased to announce that its abstract entitled In Vitro Activity of Novel Dual PARP-HDAC Inhibitors has been accepted for presentation at the inaugural JCA-AACR Precision Medicine Conference being held virtually on September 10-12, 2021 (US) and September 11-13 (Japan).

The conference represents a collaboration between the Japanese Cancer Association (JCA) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) that will bring together leading cancer researchers from the United States, Japan and around the world to share the latest developments in precision cancer medicine. The inaugural conference will be held virtually in 2021 and then every two to three years in Japan. Further details can be found at: https://www.aacr.org/meeting/jca-aacr-precision-cancer-medicine-international-conference/.

“We are pleased to accept this invitation to present our work at this important inaugural meeting,” said Prof. Mads Daugaard, Rakovina Therapeutics’ president and chief scientific officer. “The meeting represents an opportunity to highlight data that supports the potential of our research pipeline to offer promising new targeted therapies against treatment-resistant cancers.”

About Rakovina Therapeutics Inc.
Rakovina Therapeutics Inc. is focused on the development of new cancer treatments based on novel DNA-damage response technologies. The Company has established a pipeline of DNA-damage response inhibitors with the goal of advancing one or more drug candidates into human clinical trials and obtaining marketing approval for new cancer therapeutics from Health Canada, the United States Food and Drug Administration and similar international regulatory agencies. Further information may be found at www.rakovinatherapeutics.com.

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