Pelthos Therapeutics Completes Merger with Channel Therapeutics and Closes $50.1 Million Private Placement

  • The combined company plans to launch ZELSUVMI\u2122 for the treatment of molluscum contagiosum infections in July 2025 Concurrent with the closing of the merger, the combined company closed on a $50.1 million equity private placement Combined company will operate under the name “Pelthos Therapeutics Inc.” and will trade on the NYSE American exchange under the ticker symbol “PTHS” starting on July 2, 2025 DURHAM, N.C., July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pelthos Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company committed to commercializing innovative therapeutic products for high unmet patient needs, today announced the closing of the previously announced merger agreement pursuant to which CHRO Merger Sub Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Channel Therapeutics Corporation (“Channel”), merged with and into LNHC, Inc. (“LNHC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (“Ligand”) (Nasdaq: LGND), with LNHC surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Channel (the “Merger”).