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Company Overview | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
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Company Overview | 1. Company Overview Nature of Operations Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Cyclacel” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer medicines based on cell cycle, transcriptional regulation and mitosis biology. The Company uses insights in cancer biology to develop investigational medicines addressing the growing problem of resistance. Cancer cells learn to evade anticancer therapeutics and become resistant to available therapies. The Company aims to suppress mechanisms of resistance and reactivate the body’s own cell death mechanisms to destroy cancer cells. ​ Through September 30, 2021, substantially all efforts of the Company to date have been devoted to performing research and development, conducting clinical trials, developing and acquiring intellectual property, raising capital and recruiting and training personnel.

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