Elusys Therapeutics, Inc.

Reduces operating expenses by 34% and net loss by 64%DURHAM, N.C., May 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scorpius Holdings, Inc (NYSE American: SCPX) (‘Scorpius” or “the Company”), an integrated contract development and manufacturing organization (“CDMO”), today provided strategic, financial, and operational updates for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024. Jeff Wolf, CEO of Scorpius Holdings, Inc., stated, “We are successfully executing our strategy to enhance revenue and reduce costs as we seek to become cash flow positive in the near future. This quarter is indicative of this goal as we achieved a 359% increase in revenue while reducing operating expenses by 34% over the same period last year. We believe this performance reinforces the growing demand for our services and our prudent financial management. Moreover, we have built a highly scalable business model poised to generate meaningful cash flow as we continue to grow our sales and increase utilization of our state-of-the-art San Antonio campus, which we anticipate will allow us to achieve meaningful operating leverage. We are very confident that the future for Scorpius is brighter than ever, with significant industry-wide capacity shortages, and our growing revenue backlog, which stood at $10.8 million as of March 31, 2024.” 2023 Financial Results For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company recognized $3.5 million of revenue from process development. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company recognized $0.7 million of process development revenue and $0.1 million of license revenue. The increase in process development revenue was attributable to the expanded biomanufacturing operations and service offerings of the CDMO. Cost of revenues were $0.9 million and $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively, and primarily consisted of the direct cost of labor, overhead and material costs at Scorpius. The increase in cost of revenues was due to the expanded service offerings and completed milestone work on multiple CDMO contracts. Research and development expenses were $3.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $6.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $5.0 million and $6.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The decrease of $1.5 million was primarily due to decreases in marketing expense of $0.5 million, consultant labor of $0.5 million, and stock-based compensation of $0.5 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the change in fair value of contingent earn-out receivable, related party, was $1.0 million. This change was primarily due to an increase in expected value of the earn-out due to a new contract received by Elusys Therapeutics. Total non-operating income was $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, which primarily consisted of $1.0 million from the sale of an intellectual property license, partially offset by $0.2 million of interest expense on finance leases, and $0.1 million change in fair value of convertible promissory note, related party. Total non-operating income was $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, which primarily consisted of $0.2 million of interest income, $0.1 million of unrealized gain on short-term investment balances, partially offset by $0.2 million of interest expense on finance leases and other expense. Net loss attributable to Scorpius was approximately $4.4 million, or ($0.16) per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to approximately $12.8 million, or ($0.49) per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2023. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had approximately $1.7 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments. On May 16, 2024, the Company consummated a public offering resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $6.0 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and other offering expenses. Scorpius Holdings, Inc. Scorpius Holdings, Inc. is an integrated contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) focused on rapidly advancing biologic and cell therapy 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 becoming cash flow positive in the near future, the performance reinforcing the growing demand for the Company’s services and its prudent financial management; the business model being poised to generate meaningful cash flow; continuing to grow sales and increase utilization of the state-of-the-art San Antonio campus which will allow the Company to achieve meaningful operating leverage, and the future for Scorpius being brighter than ever. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among others, the Company’s ability to expand its large molecule biomanufacturing CDMO services, attract new customers, profit from its bookings 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. Media and Investor Relations ContactDavid Waldman+1 919 289 4017ir@scorpiusbiologics.com

DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NightHawk Biosciences (NYSE American: NHWK), a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company specializing in the end-to-end development, manufacturing, and commercialization of innovative therapies, today provided strategic, financial, and operational updates for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. Jeff Wolf, Chief Executive Officer of NightHawk, commented, “We are very pleased with the progress of our Scorpius San Antonio facility where operations are advancing well and the feedback from our customers has been extremely positive. As a result, we are currently evaluating a variety of strategic options to maximize the potential of the business. We look forward to providing further updates on our efforts in the near future.” Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results In August, the Company determined to make available for sale the equity interests of Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. Therefore, the results of operations have been reclassified as discontinued operations on a retrospective basis for all periods presented.For the three months ended September 30, 2023 we recognized $6.7 million of revenue from product sales, which is included in discontinued operations, $0.6 million of revenue from process development and $0.1 million from service revenue. For the three months ended September 30, 2022 we recognized $5.98 million of product sales revenue, which is included in discontinued operations, and $0.5 million of grant revenue. The increase in product sales revenue is due to the completion of the manufacturing conversion of ANTHIM® and the increase in process development revenue is attributable to the operations of the San Antonio CDMO facility. No grant revenue was recognized in 2023 as the CPRIT grant has ended.Cost of revenues were $2.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. $2.2 million of these expenses primarily reflect the manufacturing conversion costs from the sale of ANTHIM® which are included in discontinued operations. The remaining $0.5 million primarily consists of direct cost of labor, overhead and material costs at Scorpius. We recognized $6.4 million of product cost of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2022, driven by the sale of ANTHIM® to Canada which is included in discontinued operations.Research and development expenses decreased approximately 3.7% to $5.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $5.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022. The components of R&D expense are as, in millions: HS-110 expense decreased by $0.1 million primarily due to the discontinuation of the clinical trial in 2022; HS-130 expense decreased to $0.0 from $0.1 million due to the de-prioritization of our oncology assets; PTX-35 expense decreased by $0.5 million primarily due to the discontinued clinical trial and development of the product candidate in the third quarter of 2022; other programs expense stayed consistent at $0.3 million and primarily relate to close out costs of our R&D facility; and unallocated research expenses increased by $0.5 million primarily due to increased personnel costs, depreciation expense, amortization expense and scientific hardware and software.Selling, general and administrative expenses were $6.1 million and $4.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The increase was primarily due to increases in marketing expense of $0.6 million, personnel expense of $0.4 million, depreciation and amortization of $0.2 million, and rent expense of $0.2 million, offset by a decrease in insurance expense of $0.1 million.As of September 30, 2023, the Company had approximately $9.5 million in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of which $3.3 million is in current assets held for sale. NightHawk Biosciences, Inc.NightHawk Biosciences leverages its integrated ecosystem of subsidiaries to streamline the advancement of novel therapies, breaking through barriers that prolong traditional drug development. This empowers us to bring our ideas to life with efficient control, superior quality, and uncharacteristic agility. For more information on the Company and its subsidiaries, please visit: www.nighthawkbio.com, and also follow us on Twitter. Forward Looking StatementThis 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 evaluation of a variety of strategic options to maximize the potential of the Scorpius San Antonio operations and providing updates on the Company’s efforts in the near future. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among others, , NightHawk’s ability to successfully maximize the potential of its operations, NightHawk’s financing needs, its cash balance being sufficient to sustain operations and its ability to raise capital when needed, NightHawk’s ability to successfully operate as a CDMO, NightHawk’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to maintain license agreements, the continued maintenance and growth of NightHawk’s and its subsidiaries’ patent estates, , the ability to obtain required regulatory approval or to comply with ongoing regulatory requirements, regulatory limitations relating to NightHawk’s ability to promote or commercialize its product candidates for the specific indications, acceptance of product candidates and services in the marketplace and the successful development, marketing or sale of NightHawk’s services and products, developments by competitors that render such products or services obsolete or non-competitive, and other factors described in NightHawk’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Qs and any other filings NightHawk makes with the SEC. The information in this presentation is provided only as of the date presented, and NightHawk 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. Media and Investor Relations ContactDavid Waldman+1 919 289 4017investorrelations@heatbio.com

DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NightHawk Biosciences (NYSE American: NHWK), a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on developing first-in-class therapies to modulate the immune system, today provided strategic, financial, and operational updates for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022. Jeff Wolf, Chief Executive Officer of NightHawk, commented, “We are continuing to progress our biodefense and biomanufacturing efforts within our Elusys and Scorpion subsidiaries. Towards this end, we are making substantial investments in our biomanufacturing capabilities, including our Scorpion San Antonio biologics manufacturing facility, as well as our planned biomanufacturing facility in Manhattan, Kansas.” Mr. Wolf continued, “Given our evolving focus, we are deprioritizing our oncology programs and discontinuing further development of our clinical-stage oncology assets, including HS-110 and PTX-35, to focus on our biomanufacturing efforts and the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative medical countermeasures to address unmet and emerging biothreats.” Mr. Wolf added, “During the quarter, we also recognized $6 million of one-time revenue, related to the sale of ANTHIM® to Canada’s National Emergency Strategic Stockpile, with 80% of these proceeds to be paid out to the former shareholders of Elusys as part of the original purchase consideration. Nevertheless, we believe this is validation of our strategic decision to acquire Elusys earlier this year.” Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results Recognized $6.0 million of revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, which included $5.98 million of product sales revenue, $0.06 million of contract revenue, and no CPRIT grant revenue. For the three months ended September 30, 2021 we recognized $0.5 million of grant revenue for qualified expenditures under the CPRIT grant. The increase in product sales revenue is due to the sale of ANTHIM to the Canadian government. The decrease in grant revenue in the current-year period is due to the fact that we have recognized all $15.2 million of CPRIT grant revenue. As of September 30, 2022, we had a grants receivable balance of $1.5 million for CPRIT proceeds not yet received, but for which the costs had been incurred or the conditions of the award had been met. We continue our efforts to secure future non-dilutive grant funding to subsidize ongoing research and development costs.Product cost of sales for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $6.4 million. No product sales were recognized for the three months ended September 30, 2021. The increase was due to the cost of sales related to the ANTHIM sale to Canada’s National Emergency Strategic Stockpile. Cost of sales was $5.9 million of inventory, $0.3 million of pre-acquisition backlog, $0.2 million of shipping and fulfillment expense and $0.01 million of royalty expense.Research and development expenses increased to $6.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to $4.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021.General and administrative expenses were $5.1 million and $3.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The increase was primarily due to increased personnel costs, as well as higher consulting and professional expenses, offset by a decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $0.2 million.Net loss attributable to NightHawk Biosciences was approximately $13.0 million, or ($0.51) per basic and diluted share for the three months ended September 30, 2022, compared to approximately $7.4 million, or ($0.30) per basic and diluted share for the three months ended September 30, 2021.As of September 30, 2022, the Company had approximately $57.4 million in cash and cash equivalents, and short-term investments. NightHawk Biosciences, Inc.NightHawk Biosciences is a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and commercialization of innovative medical countermeasures to defend against emerging biothreats. The Company leverages its integrated ecosystem of subsidiaries to streamline the advancement of novel therapies, breaking through barriers that prolong traditional drug development. This empowers us to bring our ideas to life with efficient control, superior quality, and uncharacteristic agility. For more information on the Company and is subsidiaries, please visit: www.nighthawkbio.com, and also follow us on Twitter. Forward Looking StatementThis 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 continuing to make progress in our biodefense and biomanufacturing efforts through our Elusys and Scorpion subsidiaries the planned biomanufacturing facility in Manhattan, Kansas and the sale to Canada’s National Emergency Strategic Stockpile being validation of NightHawk’s strategic decision to acquire Elusys earlier this year. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, among others, the ability to continue to make progress in our biodefense and biomanufacturing efforts through our Elusys and Scorpion subsidiaries, the ability to successfully integrate Elusys and expand ANTHIM® distribution abroad, NightHawk’s ability to commence operation in Kansas when anticipated and to successfully operate as a CDMO in San Antonio and Kansas, NightHawk’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to maintain license agreements, the continued maintenance and growth of NightHawk’s and its subsidiaries’ patent estates, NightHawk’s product candidates demonstrating safety and effectiveness, as well as results that are consistent with prior results, the ability to initiate clinical trials and if initiated, the ability to complete them on time and achieve the desired results and benefits, the ability to obtain regulatory approval for commercialization of product candidates or to comply with ongoing regulatory requirements, regulatory limitations relating to NightHawk’s ability to promote or commercialize its product candidates for the specific indications, acceptance of product candidates in the marketplace and the successful development, marketing or sale of NightHawk’s products, developments by competitors that render such products obsolete or non-competitive, and other factors described in NightHawk’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Qs and any other filings NightHawk makes with the SEC. The information in this presentation is provided only as of the date presented, and NightHawk 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. Media and Investor Relations ContactDavid Waldman+1 919 289 4017investorrelations@heatbio.com