Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation [OTC Markets – NYMXF] (the
“Company”) is providing additional information concerning recent
changes in the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) and
management, as well as additional information regarding the
Company’s conclusion that a potential transaction was not in the
best interests of the Nymox and its shareholders.
Nymox recently terminated the employment of Mr.
Randall Lanham, the Company’s former in-house legal counsel, and
Mr. Christopher Riley, the Company’s former chief financial
officer. Mr. Lanham and Mr. Cutler were removed from the Board.
Mr. Lanham (legal counsel) and Mr. Riley (CFO)
previously presented Nymox with a transaction with a potential
business partner (the “Proposed Transaction”). The Company
undertook a thorough discussion and deliberation regarding the
merits of the Proposed Transaction and its value to the Company and
its shareholders. After thorough consideration, the Company
rejected the Proposed Transaction for several reasons, including,
but not limited to, the following:
- Under the terms of the Proposed
Transaction, Mr. Riley (CFO) and Mr. Lanham (legal counsel) would
have immediately been awarded up to 18 million shares of Common
Stock (6 million) and future shares (12 million) of the
Company;
- Mr. Riley, after serving as CFO of
Nymox for approximately 3 months, would have been appointed to the
Company’s Board, along with an executive of the potential business
partner, with whom Mr. Riley has an existing business relationship,
and Mr. Lanham (legal counsel), Mr. Riley, Mr. Cutler (Board member
and attorney) and the executive of the potential business partner
would comprise a majority of Nymox’s Board;
- Under the terms of the Proposed
Transaction, the potential business partner would not pay any cash
for certain rights of the Company that it received; rather it would
loan cash to the Company, creating a debt on the Company’s balance
sheet;
- In their attempt to induce Nymox to
accept the terms of the Proposed Transaction, Mr. Riley and Mr.
Lanham (legal counsel) represented the terms involving their
proposed 18 million shares of the Proposed Transaction and Board
control as being boilerplate, while simultaneously being aware that
the terms of the Proposed Transaction would have resulted in
extraordinary awards to Mr. Riley and Mr. Lanham (legal counsel) of
up to 18 million shares of Common Stock and future shares of the
Company, membership and control of the Board, as well as other
personal benefits;
- Nymox discovered shortly after
presentation of the Proposed Transaction, that Mr. Riley, Mr.
Lanham, and Mr. Cutler (Board member) served as President &
CEO, Founder, and General Counsel, respectively, of an unrelated
company for several years without disclosing their roles to Nymox;
and
- Nymox was informed by one or more
shareholders that Mr. Riley and Mr. Lanham (legal counsel) have in
the past few years or longer sought financing for their unrelated
company from those Nymox shareholders, but Mr. Lanham (Nymox legal
counsel) did not disclose this to the Nymox Board or to Nymox
CEO.
Dr. Paul Averback, CEO of Nymox said, "Our
fiduciary responsibilities are first and foremost to the
shareholders of Nymox, and the above terms were not in the best
interests of Nymox shareholders. We took appropriate corrective
actions and will continue to do so."
Nymox is in the process of submitting
applications for the approval to market the Company's first in
class drug NYMOZARFEX to treat the symptoms of benign prostatic
hyperplasia (BPH). BPH is one of the most common conditions
affecting middle aged and elderly men throughout the world. BPH can
be devastating to men who suffer from the condition. Current
treatments are associated with numerous intolerable side effects
including sexual problems, such as impotence and retrograde
ejaculation. Medications for BPH have been associated with prostate
cancer, depression, gynecomastia and other adverse effects. The
majority of men stop taking the available medications due to these
and other problems. Surgery is often needed for advanced BPH.
Surgery is usually effective but it is not without risks, the
discomforts of surgery, and BPH surgery has side effects such as
permanent retrograde ejaculation for many patients.
About NYMOZARFEX (TM)
(Fexapotide)
NYMOZARFEX (TM) is given in an in-office
procedure that is administered in a few minutes without need of
anesthesia or analgesia. The drug has been tested in clinical
trials involving overall more than 1750 patients with over 1600
injections administered including over 1200 Fexapotide
administrations. Fexapotide has led to significant long-term
improvements and has shown an excellent safety profile without the
side effects normally associated with existing BPH treatments.
For more information please contact
info@nymox.com or 800-936-9669.
Forward Looking Statements
To the extent that statements contained in this
press release are not descriptions of historical facts regarding
Nymox, they are forward-looking statements reflecting the current
beliefs and expectations of management made pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, including statements regarding the need for new options to
treat BPH and prostate cancer, the potential of Fexapotide to treat
BPH and prostate cancer and the estimated timing of further
developments for Fexapotide. Such forward-looking statements
involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause our
clinical development program, future results, performance or
achievements to differ significantly from those expressed or
implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and
uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainties inherent in
the clinical drug development process, including the regulatory
approval process, the timing of Nymox's regulatory filings, Nymox's
substantial dependence on Fexapotide, Nymox's commercialization
plans and efforts and other matters that could affect the
availability or commercial potential of Fexapotide. Nymox
undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward looking
statements. For a further description of the risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those
expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks
relating to the business of Nymox in general, see Nymox's current
and future reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2022, and its Quarterly Reports.
For Further
Information Contact:Nymox
Pharmaceutical Corporation 1-800-93NYMOXwww.nymox.com
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