Opexa Therapeutics Closes Secured Note Financing

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPXA), a biotechnology company developing a novel T-cell therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS), today announced the closing of a private offering of convertible secured promissory notes and warrants to purchase shares of common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $4 million. Opexa expects to use proceeds from the financing to commence its planned Phase IIb clinical study of Tcelna™ in patients with Secondary Progressive MS (SP-MS). Participating in the financing were new investors and existing shareholders, including members of Opexa’s Board of Directors.