SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2022-07-25

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>E</B></FONT><B>xhibit
10.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This Securities Purchase
Agreement (this &ldquo;<U>Agreement</U>&rdquo;) is dated as of July&nbsp;25, 2022, and is between Acurx Pharmaceuticals,&nbsp;Inc., a
corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;), and each purchaser identified on
the signature pages&nbsp;hereto (each, including its successors and assigns, a &ldquo;<U>Purchaser</U>&rdquo; and collectively the &ldquo;<U>Purchasers</U>&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">WHEREAS, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to (i)&nbsp;an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (as
defined below) as to the Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares, and (ii)&nbsp;an exemption from the registration
requirements of Section&nbsp;5 of the Securities Act contained in Section&nbsp;4(a)(2)&nbsp;thereof and/or Regulation D thereunder as
to the Common Warrants and Common Warrant Shares, the Company desires to issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser, severally
and not jointly, desires to purchase from the Company, securities of the Company as more fully described in this Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">NOW, THEREFORE,&nbsp;IN CONSIDERATION
of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each Purchaser agree as follows:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>ARTICLE&nbsp;I.</B></FONT><B><BR>
DEFINITIONS</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">1.1</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Definitions</U>.
In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
set forth in this Section&nbsp;1.1:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&ldquo;<U>A.G.P.</U>&rdquo;
means A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&ldquo;<U>Acquiring Person</U>&rdquo;
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section&nbsp;4.6.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&ldquo;<U>Action</U>&rdquo;
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section&nbsp;3.1(m).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&ldquo;<U>Affiliate</U>&rdquo;
means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control
with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule&nbsp;405 under the Securities Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&ldquo;<U>Applicable Laws</U>&rdquo;
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section&nbsp;3.1(rr).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&ldquo;<U>Authorizations</U>&rdquo;
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section&nbsp;3.1(rr).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&ldquo;<U>Base Prospectus</U>&rdquo;
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section&nbsp;3.1(f)(ii).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&ldquo;<U>BHCA</U>&rdquo; shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section&nbsp;3.1(oo).</P>

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