Medicus Pharma Announces Exclusive Development Focus for SkinJect® in Gorlin Syndrome Following Commercial, Clinical and Regulatory Assessment

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medicus Pharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: MDCX) (“Medicus” or the “Company”), a precision guided, biotech/life sciences company focused on advancing novel and potentially disruptive therapeutic assets, today announced that it will focus future internally sponsored clinical development of SkinJect® exclusively on Gorlin syndrome patients with multiple basal cell carcinoma lesions and conclude further development in sporadic/nodular basal cell carcinoma (“nBCC”).

The decision represents a further implementation of the Company’s capital-efficient portfolio strategy announced on September 8, 2026, under which Medicus is concentrating capital and organizational resources on programs where focused clinical development may offer the most compelling risk-adjusted opportunity. In that strategic update, the Company identified Gorlin syndrome, an autosomal dominant rare disease, presenting with multiple basal cell carcinoma lesions, as the strongest development opportunity for SkinJect®.