v3.25.3
Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)
9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Schedule of Estimate Grant for Stock Options Granted and ESPP Shares  
The following assumptions were used by Scilex in the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate stock- based compensation on the date of grant for stock options granted and ESPP shares issued for the year ended December 31, 2024.
 
    
Year Ended
December 31, 2024
Stock options:
  
Expected dividend yield
   0.00%
Expected volatility
  
72.00%-119.08%
Risk-free interest rate
   3.79%-4.71%
Term of options (in years)
   3.0 - 6.3
Employee stock purchase plan:
  
Expected dividend yield
   0.00%
Expected volatility
   129.30%
Risk-free interest rate
   5.39%
Expected life (in years)
   0.50
Schedule of Total stock-based compensation expense related to Scilex's equity incentive plans
Total stock-based compensation expense recorded in the statements of operations was as follows (in thousands):
 
    
Three Months Ended
September 30,
    
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    
2025
    
2024
    
2025
    
2024
 
Research and development
  
$
29
    
$
48
    
$
136
    
$
102
 
General and administrative
    
140,163
      
104
      
140,267
      
421
 
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total stock-based compensation expense
  
$
140,192
    
$
152
    
$
140,403
    
$
523
 
  
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total stock-based compensation expense related to Scilex’s equity incentive plans and allocated to the Company was recorded in the statements of operations as follows (in thousands):
 
    
Year Ended
December 31,
 
    
2024
    
2023
 
Research and development
   $ 128      $ 73  
General and administrative
     532        767  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total stock-based compensation expense
   $  660      $  840