SEC Form 8-K filed by NRX Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

 

 

On November 20, 2025, the audit committee of the board of directors (the “Audit Committee”) of NRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Corporation”) approved the engagement of Weinberg & Company P.A. (“Weinberg”) as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Weinberg had been previously engaged to audit the financial statements of Dura Medical LLC, which had been acquired by Hope Therapeutics, Inc. (“HOPE”), a subsidiary of the Corporation. During the Corporation’s two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim period through September 30, 2025, neither the Corporation, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted Weinberg regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Corporation’s financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Corporation that Weinberg concluded was an important factor considered by the Corporation in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue, (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or (iii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K) or a reportable event of the type described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

 

For the reason stated above, on or around November 24, 2025 the Audit Committee of the Corporation dismissed Salberg & Company P.A. (“Salberg”) as the Corporation’s independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Salberg’s audit reports on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, except that the audit opinion contained an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

During the Corporation’s two most recent fiscal years, which ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, and the subsequent interim period through September 30, 2025, (i) there were no “disagreements” (within the meaning set forth in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) between the Corporation and Salberg on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to Salberg’s satisfaction, would have caused Salberg to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with their reports; and (ii) there were no “reportable events” (within the meaning set forth in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

 

In accordance with Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Corporation provided Salberg with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that Salberg furnish the Corporation with a letter addressed to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether Salberg agrees with the above statements of the Corporation herein and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. Salberg furnished the requested letter, stating its agreement with such statements, and a copy is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.         

 

 

(d) Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.