Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX, “Scilex” or the “Company”),
an innovative revenue-generating company focused on acquiring,
developing and commercializing non-opioid pain management products
for the treatment of acute and chronic pain, today announced that
it has entered into a definitive agreement with certain
institutional investors for the purchase and sale of an aggregate
of 15,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 15,000,000
shares of common stock, at a purchase price of $1.00 per share of
common stock and accompanying warrant to purchase one share of
common stock, in a registered direct offering. The warrants will
have an exercise price of $1.10 per share, will become exercisable
on the six month anniversary from the date of issuance and will
expire on the date that is five years after the date of issuance.
Rodman & Renshaw LLC is acting as the
exclusive placement agent for the offering.
The closing of the offering is expected to occur
on or about April 25, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of
customary closing conditions. The gross proceeds for the offering
are expected to be approximately $15 million, prior to deducting
the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by
the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the
offering, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents and
short-term investments, for working capital and general corporate
purposes, which may include capital expenditures, commercialization
expenditures, research and development expenditures, regulatory
affairs expenditures, clinical trial expenditures, acquisitions of
new technologies and investments, business combinations and the
repayment, refinancing, redemption or repurchase of indebtedness or
capital stock.
The securities described above are being offered
by the Company pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement on Form
S-3 (File No. 333-276245), as amended, which was originally filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December
22, 2023, and declared effective by the SEC on January 11, 2024.
The securities are being offered only by means of a prospectus,
including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective
registration statement. A prospectus supplement and accompanying
prospectus relating to, and describing the terms of, the offering
will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s
website at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the prospectus
supplement and accompanying prospectus may also be obtained, when
available, by contacting Rodman & Renshaw LLC at 600 Lexington
Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (212)
540-4414, or by email at info@rodm.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor
shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Scilex Holding Company
Scilex Holding Company is an innovative
revenue-generating company focused on acquiring, developing and
commercializing non-opioid pain management products for the
treatment of acute and chronic pain. Scilex targets indications
with high unmet needs and large market opportunities with
non-opioid therapies for the treatment of patients with acute and
chronic pain and are dedicated to advancing and improving patient
outcomes. Scilex’s commercial products include: (i) ZTlido®
(lidocaine topical system) 1.8%, a prescription lidocaine topical
product approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the
“FDA”) for the relief of neuropathic pain associated with
postherpetic neuralgia, which is a form of post-shingles nerve
pain; (ii) ELYXYB®, a potential first-line treatment and the only
FDA-approved, ready-to-use oral solution for the acute treatment of
migraine, with or without aura, in adults; and (iii) Gloperba®, the
first and only liquid oral version of the anti-gout medicine
colchicine indicated for the prophylaxis of painful gout flares in
adults, expected to launch in the first half of 2024.
In addition, Scilex has three product
candidates: (i) SP-102 (10 mg, dexamethasone sodium phosphate
viscous gel) (“SEMDEXATM” or “SP-102”), a novel, viscous gel
formulation of a widely used corticosteroid for epidural injections
to treat lumbosacral radicular pain, or sciatica for which Scilex
has completed a Phase 3 study and has granted Fast Track status
from the FDA in 2017; (ii) SP-103 (lidocaine topical system) 5.4%,
(“SP-103”), a next-generation, triple-strength formulation of
ZTlido, for the treatment of chronic neck pain and for which Scilex
has recently completed a Phase 2 trial in low back pain and has
granted Fast Track status from the FDA in low back pain; and (iii)
SP-104 (4.5 mg, low-dose naltrexone hydrochloride delayed-release
capsules) (“SP-104”), a novel low-dose delayed-release naltrexone
hydrochloride being developed for the treatment of fibromyalgia,
for which Phase 1 trials were completed in the second quarter of
2022 and a Phase 2 clinical trial is expected to commence in
2024.
Scilex Holding Company is headquartered in Palo
Alto, California.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release and any statements made for
and during any presentation or meeting concerning the matters
discussed in this press release contain forward-looking statements
related to Scilex and its subsidiaries under the safe harbor
provisions of Section 21E of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and are subject to risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding
the completion of the offering, the satisfaction of customary
closing conditions related to the offering, timing, the amount and
the intended use of the net proceeds from the offering, Scilex’s
plans to launch GLOPERBA® in 2024 and plans to initiate Phase 2
trial in 2024 for SP-104.
Risks and uncertainties that could cause
Scilex’s actual results to differ materially and adversely from
those expressed in our forward-looking statements, include, but are
not limited to: statements related to the timing and completion of
the offering; the satisfaction of customary closing conditions
related to the offering and the intended use of proceeds from the
offering; risks associated with the unpredictability of trading
markets and whether a market will be established for Scilex’s
common stock; general economic, political and business conditions;
risks related to COVID-19 (and other similar disruptions); the risk
that the potential product candidates that Scilex develops may not
progress through clinical development or receive required
regulatory approvals within expected timelines or at all; risks
relating to uncertainty regarding the regulatory pathway for
Scilex’s product candidates; the risk that Scilex will be unable to
successfully market or gain market acceptance of its product
candidates; the risk that Scilex’s product candidates may not be
beneficial to patients or successfully commercialized; the risk
that Scilex has overestimated the size of the target patient
population, their willingness to try new therapies and the
willingness of physicians to prescribe these therapies; risks that
the outcome of the trials and studies for SP-102, SP-103 or SP-104
may not be successful or reflect positive outcomes; risks that the
prior results of the clinical and investigator-initiated trials of
SP-102 (SEMDEXA™), SP-103 or SP-104 may not be replicated;
regulatory and intellectual property risks; and other risks and
uncertainties indicated from time to time and other risks described
in Scilex’s most recent periodic reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, including Scilex’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and subsequent Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q that the Company has filed or may file with
the SEC, including the risk factors set forth in those filings.
Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this
release, and Scilex undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statement in this press release except as may be
required by law.
Contacts:
Investors and MediaScilex Holding Company960 San Antonio
RoadPalo Alto, CA 94303Office: (650) 516-4310
Email: investorrelations@scilexholding.com
Website: www.scilexholding.com
SEMDEXA™ (SP-102) is a trademark owned by Semnur
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scilex
Holding Company. A proprietary name review by the FDA is
planned.
ZTlido® is a registered trademark owned by Scilex
Pharmaceuticals Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scilex
Holding Company.
Gloperba® is the subject of an exclusive, transferable
license to use the registered trademark by Scilex Holding
Company.
ELYXYB® is a registered trademark owned by Scilex
Holding Company.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
© 2024 Scilex Holding Company All Rights
Reserved.
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