Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. announced that top-line data from the pivotal trial in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM) will be released during the JP Morgan Healthcare conference the week of January 8, 2024. Third Quarter and Recent Corporate Highlights: Closed a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors for a private placement financing that, based on potential milestone payments, is expected to result in gross proceeds of up to $102.9 million, including an initial funding of $24.5 million. TheIME designation was awarded based upon data from a pre-planned interim assessment in the pivotal study and six patients from the Phase 2a.IME designation is accorded to new therapies that demonstrate the potential to significantly address an unmet medical need in clinical trials.

Also, it allows companies to optimize development plans and accelerate evaluation of medicines that may offer a major therapeutic advantage over existing treatments or benefit patients without treatment options. Continued engagement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) providing additional regulatory clarity on the pivotal clinical trial and planned new drug application (NDA) submission in 2024. This includes direct feedback on key sections of the NDA and input around the design of a confirmatory study to support the accelerated approval strategy.

Expanded the company's global intellectual property portfolio with the addition of four patent grants. The patents, which are valid across key global regions of Europe, Australia, and Canada, cover iopofosine I 131 and the company's proprietary Phospholipid Drug ConjugateTM (PDC) delivery platform. Enhanced the company's commercial leadership team with the appointment of two new seasoned executives, William Yoon as vice president, medical affairs and Aaditya Nanduri as vice president, business strategy and analytics.