Oramed Pharmaceuticals Prices Public Offering of Common Stock

2/27/20

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ORMP) (TASE: ORMP), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral drug delivery systems, announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 5,250,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $4.00 per share. All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by Oramed. Oramed has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 787,500 additional shares of common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount. The offering is expected to close on or about March 2, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by Oramed, are expected to be $21 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for its anticipated Phase 3 clinical trial in ORMD-0801 (Oral Insulin) and for other clinical trials and research and development activities as well as for general corporate purposes.

National Securities Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of National Holdings Corporation, is acting as the sole book running manager for the offering.

A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as financial advisor for the offering.

About Oramed Pharmaceuticals

Oramed Pharmaceuticals is a platform technology pioneer in the field of oral delivery solutions for drugs currently delivered via injection. Established in 2006, with offices in New York and Israel, Oramed has developed a novel Protein Oral Delivery (PODTM) technology that is based on more than 30 years of research by scientists at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center. Oramed is seeking to revolutionize the treatment of diabetes through its proprietary lead candidate, ORMD-0801, which has the potential to be the first commercial oral insulin capsule for the treatment of Type 2 and Type 1 diabetes. The Company has completed multiple Phase II clinical trials under an Investigational New Drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In addition, Oramed is developing an oral GLP-1 (Glucagon-like peptide-1) analog capsule, ORMD-0901.

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