Scorpius Holdings Announces Partnership with U.S. Biotech Company

DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scorpius Holdings, Inc (NYSE American: SCPX) ("Scorpius" or the "Company"), an integrated biomanufacturing company, today announced a strategic partnership with a U.S.-based biotech company. Under this agreement, the biotech company will work with Scorpius' program management team, with plans to transfer a research cell bank (RCB) to Scorpius' state-of-the-art facilities in San Antonio, TX for future biomanufacturing activities.

"This partnership underscores Scorpius' ability to support biotech companies at every stage of their journey, from innovative research to clinical trials," said Jeff Wolf, CEO of Scorpius. "We are seeing a growing number of biotech companies seeking U.S.-based biomanufacturing partners, and Scorpius is equipped to provide early-stage development, preclinical manufacturing, and cGMP clinical manufacturing for both mammalian and microbial programs."

Wolf added, "Our clients highlight our flexibility and responsiveness—qualities often lacking in larger multinational CDMOs. With this partnership, we continue to fulfill the critical need for secure, U.S.-based development and manufacturing support for groundbreaking biologics research."

Scorpius Holdings, Inc.

Scorpius Holdings, Inc. is an integrated contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) focused on rapidly advancing biologic programs to the clinic and beyond. Scorpius offers a broad array of analytical testing, process development, and manufacturing services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies at its state-of-the-art facilities in San Antonio, TX. With an experienced team and new, purpose-built U.S. facilities, Scorpius is dedicated to transparent collaboration and flexible, high-quality biologics biomanufacturing. For more information, please visit www.scorpiusbiologics.com.

Forward-Looking Statement

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "may," "should," "potential," "continue," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," and similar expressions, and include statements such as the biotech company working with Scorpius' program management team, with plans to transfer a research cell bank (RCB) to Scorpius' state-of-the-art facilities in San Antonio, TX for future biomanufacturing activities; and continuing to fulfill the critical need for secure, U.S.-based development and manufacturing support for groundbreaking biologics research with this partnership. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among others, the ability of the Company to derive the anticipated benefits from the partnership including expanding the services to be provided the Company's ability to expand its large molecule biomanufacturing CDMO services, attract new customers, profit from its pipeline and continue to grow revenue; the ability to capture a meaningful market share; the ability to generate meaningful cash flow and become cash flow positive; the Company's financing needs, its cash balance being sufficient to sustain operations and its ability to raise capital when needed, the Company's ability to leverage fixed costs and achieve long-term profitability; the Company's ability to obtain regulatory approvals or to comply with ongoing regulatory requirements, regulatory limitations relating to the Company's ability to successfully promote its services and compete as a pure- play CDMO, and other factors described in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Qs and any other filings the Company makes with the SEC. The information in this presentation is provided only as of the date presented, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this presentation on account of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

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