BEVERLY, MA–(Marketwired – March 10, 2014) – Cellceutix Corporation (OTCQB: CTIX) (the “Company”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies in oncology, dermatology, and antibiotic applications, announces today that through March 7 a total of 14 patients have been treated in the Company’s Phase 2b clinical (7% of the 200 patients to be treated). The multi-center study is evaluating the safety and efficacy of Brilacidin as a novel antibiotic drug candidate as compared to daptomycin for the treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI). Patients are receiving one of three different dosing regimens of Brilacidin (one of two single-dose regimens or one 3-day regimen) or a 7-day regimen of daptomycin. Cellceutix is pleased with the initial enrollment pace and believes that it will continue to escalate as the trial moves forward.