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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-17-045220
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170823
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170825
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170825

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Moleculin Biotech, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001659617
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				474671999
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37758
		FILM NUMBER:		171052572

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2575 WEST BELLFORT
		STREET 2:		SUITE 333
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77054
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-300-5160

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2575 WEST BELLFORT
		STREET 2:		SUITE 333
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77054
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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>Item 5.02</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On August 23, 2017,
the Board of Directors of Moleculin Biotech, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) approved a reorganization pursuant to which Dr. Donald
Picker has been appointed as chief scientific officer of the Company. Dr. Picker will no longer serve as president or chief operating
officer of the Company. Effective August 23, 2017, Mr. Walter Klemp, the Company&rsquo;s chief executive officer, has been appointed
to serve as president of the Company. The foregoing reorganization will not change the amount of time either Dr. Picker or Mr.
Klemp will spend on Company matters, or modify their compensation arrangements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Mr. Klemp, age 58,
is a co-founder of the Company, and has served as the Company&rsquo;s chairman of the board and chief executive officer since July
2015. From 2006 until May 2016, Mr. Klemp served as the chairman, co-founder and part-time chief executive officer of Moleculin,
LLC. Mr. Klemp was also an equity holder in Moleculin, LLC at the time of the Company&rsquo;s merger with Moleculin, LLC, and,
accordingly, received shares of Company common stock in the merger. Since November 2011, Mr. Klemp has also served as chief executive
officer of Soliton, Inc., a medical device company focused on developing new technology for use in aesthetics. Mr. Klemp served
as president and chief executive officer of Zeno Corporation from 2004 to April 2011, where he developed and marketed dermatology
devices and drugs from concept through FDA approval and market launch. From 1987 to 2000, Mr. Klemp served as chief executive officer
and chairman of Drypers Corporation, a publicly traded multinational consumer products company. Mr. Klemp controls AnnaMed, Inc.
In August 2015, in exchange for the issuance of 1,431,000 shares of common stock, the Company acquired the rights to the Annamycin
data related to the original Annamycin IND and the development of Annamycin.</P>

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of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0; width: 50%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;August 25, 2017</FONT></TD>
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