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March 11, 2021

HOUSTON, March 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bio-Path Holdings, Inc., (NASDAQ: BPTH), a biotechnology company leveraging its proprietary DNAbilize liposomal delivery and antisense technology to develop a portfolio of targeted nucleic acid cancer drugs, today announced an upcoming virtual poster presentation at the 2021American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, taking place April 10-15 and May 17-21, 2021.

Dr. Maria Gagliardi, a Research Scientist at Bio-Path Holdings, will discuss pre-clinical studies of BP1002 (liposomal Bcl-2 antisense) in combination with decitabine as a potential treatment against venetoclax-resistant cells.

Details for the virtual poster presentation are as follows:

Date: April 10, 2021Presentation Time:8:30 am Eastern TimeSession:Biological Therapeutic AgentsAbstract Number:939Title: The combination of liposomal Bcl-2 antisense oligonucleotide (BP1002) with decitabine is efficacious in venetoclax-resistant cells

About Bio-Path Holdings, Inc.

Bio-Path is a biotechnology company developing DNAbilize, a novel technology that hasyielded a pipeline of RNAi nanoparticle drugs that can be administered with a simple intravenous transfusion. Bio-Paths lead product candidate, prexigebersen (BP1001,targeting the Grb2 protein), is in a Phase 2 study for the treatment of blood cancers and prexigebersen-A, a drug product modification of prexigebersen, is under consideration by the FDA to commence Phase 1 studies in solid tumors. This is followed by BP1002, targeting the Bcl-2 protein, where it is being evaluated in a Phase 1 study in advanced lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients.

For more information, please visit the Company's website at http://www.biopathholdings.com.

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