Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX, “Scilex” or the “Company”),
an innovative revenue-generating company focused on acquiring,
developing and commercializing the treatment for neurodegenerative
and cardiometabolic disease, and non-opioid pain management
products for the treatment of acute and chronic pain, today
announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct
offering of an aggregate of 26,355,347 shares of its common stock,
par value $0.0001 per share, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to
an aggregate of 2,401,132 shares of common stock, and common
warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 57,512,958 shares of
common stock. The shares of common stock and accompanying common
warrants (for which there will be two accompanying warrants for
each share of common stock) were sold at a combined offering price
of $0.59 per share, and the pre-funded warrants and accompanying
common warrants (for which there will be two accompanying warrants
for each pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of common stock)
were sold at a combined offering price of $0.5899 per pre-funded
warrant. All of the shares of common stock, pre-funded warrants and
accompanying common warrants sold in the offering were sold
directly by Scilex.
The pre-funded warrants have an exercise price
of $0.0001 per share and are immediately exercisable following the
closing of the offering. The common warrants have an exercise price
of $0.6490 per share. Common warrants to purchase up to an
aggregate of 57,512,958 shares of common stock will become
exercisable on the six month anniversary from the date of issuance
and one-half of such warrants will have a term that expires on the
date that is five years after the date of issuance and the
remaining one-half of such warrants will have a term that expires
on the date that is two and one-half years after the date of
issuance.
The gross proceeds for the offering were
approximately $17.0 million, prior to deducting the 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 were 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 were 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
have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC’s website
at http://www.sec.gov.
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 the treatment for neurodegenerative and
cardiometabolic diseases, and 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 is 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.
In addition, Scilex has three product
candidates: (i) SP-102 (10 mg, dexamethasone sodium phosphate
viscous gel) (“SEMDEXA™” 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 was 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 acute pain and for which Scilex has
recently completed a Phase 2 trial in acute low back pain. SP-103
has been 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.
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 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 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.
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