Scilex Holding Company Announces the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Will Be Issuing New ELYXYB® Patent Related to the Treatment of Acute Pain

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Scilex Holding Company (Nasdaq: SCLX, “Scilex” or “Company”), an innovative revenue-generating company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing non-opioid pain management products for the treatment of acute and chronic pain, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has allowed numerous claims from U.S. patent application no. 17/562,229 and will issue a new patent containing those claims related to the treatment of acute pain (the “Patent”), to Scilex in late 2024, further strengthening the Company’s intellectual property position and coverage for its acute migraine treatment drug product, ELYXYB®, a liquid, micro-encapsulation formulation of celecoxib. The Patent, titled “Methods of Treating Pain,” covers methods of treating acute pain.