Diffusion Pharmaceuticals

Canaccord Genuity Acted as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Diffusion Pharmaceuticals on its Merger with EIP Pharma​​​​​​​

Canaccord Genuity is pleased to announce its client CervoMed Inc. (formerly known as Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc.) (NASDAQ: CRVO), a clinical-stage company focused on developing treatments for degenerative diseases of the brain, has closed its previously announced merger with EIP Pharma Inc. The combined company will operate under the name CervoMed Inc., and its shares will commence trading on a 1-for-1.5 reverse split adjusted basis on August 17, 2023, on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “CRVO”. CervoMed’s focus will be on advancing its lead drug candidate neflamapimod, an oral stress kinase inhibitor, which is currently being developed for the treatment of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and other degenerative diseases of the brain.

In connection with the closing of the merger, Diffusion Pharmaceuticals enacted a 1-for-1.5 reverse stock split of its common stock. Following the reverse stock split and closing of the merger, there will be approximately 5.7 million shares of the combined company’s common stock outstanding, with prior EIP Pharma shareholders owning approximately 77.95% and prior Diffusion Pharmaceuticals shareholders owning 22.05%.

​​​​​​​The management team of EIP Pharma has become the management team of the CERVOMED, led by John Alam, MD, as Chief Executive Officer and President. In addition, Robert J. Cobuzzi, Jr., the former Chief Executive Officer of Diffusion, will serve as the Chief Operating Officer of CERVOMED. The board of directors is comprised of seven directors including Dr. Alam, Sylvie Grégoire, PharmD, who will serve as Chair, Jeff Poulton, chief financial officer at Alnylam, who will serve as chair of the audit committee, and Diffusion Pharmaceuticals’ former Chair of the board of directors, Jane Hollingsworth, JD.

EIP Pharma Inc. is now a wholly owned subsidiary of CervoMed.

CervoMed Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing CNS-focused therapeutics to benefit patients with a range of degenerative diseases of the brain. The Company is currently developing neflamapimod, an investigational orally administered small molecule brain penetrant that inhibits p38MAP kinase alpha. Neflamapimod has the potential to treat synaptic dysfunction, the reversible aspect of the underlying neurodegenerative processes that cause disease in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and certain other major neurological disorders. Neflamapimod is currently being evaluated in a Phase 2b study in patients with DLB.