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Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX) Announces Its Majority-Owned Subsidiary, Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Semnur”), and Denali Capital Acquisition Corp. Have Entered into a Purchase Agreement with an Investor for a $20 Million Private Placement at...
Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX) Announces Its Majority-Owned Subsidiary, Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Semnur”), and Denali Capital Acquisition Corp.
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[{"type":"text","content":"Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX) Announces Its Majority-Owned Subsidiary, Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Semnur”), and Denali Capital Acquisition Corp. Have Entered into a Purchase Agreement with an Investor for a $20 Million Private Placement at $16.00 per share and Jaisim Shah, Scilex’s CEO and President, Will be Dedicated to Semnur on a Full Time Basis to Rapidly Advance SP-102 to Regulatory Approval and Commercialization for the Treatment of Lumbosacral Radicular Pain (LRP)/Sciatica \n PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scilex Holding Company (“Scilex” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SCLX), an innovative revenue-generating company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing non-opioid pain management products for the treatment of acute and chronic pain and neurodegenerative and cardiometabolic disease, today announced that its majority-owned subsidiary, Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Semnur”), and Denali Capital Acquisition Corp (“Denali”) have entered into a purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with an investor for a $20 million private placement, the proceeds of which will be used to advance the second Phase 3 clinical trial for the development of SP-102 (10 mg, dexamethasone sodium phosphate viscous gel) (“SEMDEXA” or “SP-102”), for the treatment of LRP/Sciatica. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the investor has agreed to purchase an aggregate of 1,250,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “PIPE Shares”), of the combined company (“New Semnur”) following the consummation of the transactions (the “Business Combination”) contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 30, 2024, as amended on April 16, 2025, and July 22, 2025 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Denali, Semnur, and Denali Merger Sub Inc. The purchase price for the PIPE Shares is $16.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $20,000,000 (the “PIPE Financing”). The closing of the PIPE Financing is subject to customary conditions and is expected to occur immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination. The Company also announced that on August 16, 2025, Jaisim Shah informed the Scilex Board of Directors that he would resign as Chief Executive Officer and President of Scilex, effective August 17, 2025. Henry Ji, Ph.D., who currently serves as Executive Chairma...