RE: Murphy Canyon21 Sep 2023 13:25
San Diego, California – September 20, 2023 – Murphy Canyon Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: MURF) (“MURF” or “Murphy Canyon”), a special purpose acquisition company, announced today that at a special meeting of the MURF stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) held today, MURF’s stockholders voted in favor of the proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) with Conduit Pharmaceuticals Limited (“Conduit”) and the related proposals. As a result, the completion of the Business Combination is expected to occur as soon as practicable, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of remaining closing conditions. Following the completion of the Business Combination, the newly combined company will operate as Conduit Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its common stock and public warrants will trade on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbols “CDT” and “CDTTW”. Assuming that closing is completed on September 21, 2023, trading in the common stock and public warrants is expected to continue on Nasdaq, switching from the symbols “MURF” and “MURFW” to the new symbols “CDT” and “CDTTW”, respectively, at the open of trading on September 22, 2023.
About Conduit
Conduit is a disease agnostic life science company providing an efficient model for compound development. Formed in 2019, Conduit is a departure from the traditional big pharma/biotech business model whereby, typically companies shepherd their assets through regulatory approval, Conduit acquires assets that are Phase II-ready and then seeks an exit through third-party license deals following successful clinical trials. Conduit is led by a highly experienced team of pharmaceutical executives, including Dr. David Tapolczay and Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall, and was established to fund the development of clinical molecules licensed from major pharmaceutical companies.