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FLORHAM PARK, N.J., April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLRB), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the company will explore a full range of strategic alternatives to advance its promising platform and radiopharmaceutical drug development pipeline to maximize stockholder value. Strategic alternatives under consideration may include, but are not limited to mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, licensing arrangements or other strategic transactions. The company’s board of directors has approved the engagement of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. to serve as exclusive financial advisor to assist in the strategic evaluation process.
“We have initiated a process to explore alternatives available to the company to maximize stockholder value that includes identifying a strategic partner with the resources to develop iopofosine I 131. In addition to iopofosine I 131, our platform provides exciting opportunities including our alpha- and Auger-emitting radioconjugates, CLR 225 and CLR 125, respectively, in multiple solid tumor indications as well as our small molecule and oligonucleotide conjugates,” said James Caruso, president and chief executive officer of Cellectar.
The company has not set a timetable for completion of the strategic evaluation process and does not intend to disclose information on the progress of any such options unless and until it is determined that further disclosure is necessary. No agreement providing for any transaction has been reached and there can be no assurances that any transaction will result from the process of evaluating strategic alternatives. If the process for evaluating strategic alternatives results in an agreement regarding a transaction, there can be no assurances that any transaction will be completed.
About Cellectar Biosciences, Inc.
Cellectar Biosciences is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of proprietary drugs for the treatment of cancer, independently and through research and development collaborations. The company’s core objective is to leverage its proprietary Phospholipid Drug Conjugate™ (PDC) delivery platform to develop the next-generation of cancer cell-targeting treatments, delivering improved efficacy and better safety as a result of fewer off-target effects.
The company’s product pipeline includes its lead assets: iopofosine I 131, a PDC designed to provide targeted delivery of iodine-131 (radioisotope); CLR 225, an actinium-225 based program being targeted to several solid tumors with significant unmet need, such as pancreatic cancer; and CLR 125, an iodine-125 Auger-emitting program targeted in solid tumors, such as triple negative breast, lung and colorectal, as well as proprietary preclinical PDC chemotherapeutic programs and multiple partnered PDC assets.