Company: SMNR
Filing Date: 2025-10-21
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001193125-25-245178
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Company: Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-10-21
Form: S-1
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 of Minnesota and a B.S. in Biochemistry from Fudan University. Dr. Ji has demonstrated significant leadership skills as President and Chief Executive Officer of Stratagene Genomics, Inc. and Vice President of CombiMatrix Corporation and Stratagene Corporation and brings more than 20 years of biotechnology and biopharmaceutical experience to his position on the Board. The Board believes that Dr. Ji’s extensive knowledge of the industry in which Semnur operates allows him to bring to the Board a broad understanding of the operational and strategic issues Semnur faces.

Stephen Ma. Mr. Ma serves as Semnur’s Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Secretary. Mr. Ma has more than 15 years of finance and operational expertise across pharmaceuticals and venture backed biotechnology companies. Mr. Ma has served as Scilex’s Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President since September 2023, as Scilex’s Corporate Secretary since March 2024, as a director of Scilex since September 2025, and as Chief Operating Officer of Scilex since October 2025. He previously served as Scilex’s Chief Accounting Officer from May 2023 until his appointment as Scilex’s Chief Financial Officer and as Scilex’s Vice President of Finance from January 2022 to April 2023. Prior to joining Scilex, he served as Director of Finance and Operations for Anwita Biosciences, Inc., a clinical stage company, from August 2019 to January 2022. From May 2016 to August 2019, Mr. Ma served as the Senior Director of Finance and Controller of Semnur. Prior to that, he served as Controller for Globavir and part of the management team that worked on its IPO process. He also served as the Controller for Ardelyx, which went public in 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Ma served in various finance positions at PDL BioPharma, Inc. and Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. Mr. Ma began his career with more than 10 years in high technology companies and has a wealth of experience in finance, strategic planning, commercial launching, debt financing, public offerings and M&A transactions. Mr. Ma holds a B.S. in Finance and M.A. in Economics from San Jose State University.

Non-employee Directors

The names and business experience of Semnur’s independent directors and other information relevant to their service on the Board are provided below.

Jay Chun,