Salarius Closes $6.2M Underwritten Public Offering

8/9/20

HOUSTON, Aug. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. (Nasdaq: SLRX) today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 5,130,390 shares of its common stock, including 669,181 shares sold pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, at the public offering price of $1.20 per share. As a result of the underwriters’ over-allotment option exercise, the aggregate gross proceeds to Salarius from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, was approximately $6.2 million.

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. acted as sole book-running manager in connection with the public offering.

About Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage oncology company targeting cancers caused by dysregulated gene expression, or epigenetic causes of cancers, and is developing treatments for patients that need them the most. Epigenetics refers to the regulatory system that affects gene expression. Salarius’ lead candidate, seclidemstat, is currently in clinical development for treating Ewing sarcoma, for which it has Fast Track Designation, Orphan Drug Designation and Rare Pediatric Disease Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Salarius is also developing seclidemstat for a number of cancers, with a second Phase 1/2 clinical study in advanced solid tumors, including prostate, breast and ovarian cancers.

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