Alexza to Cancel 2016 First Quarter Financial Results Earnings Call

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXA, "Alexza", or the "Company") today announced that it intends to issue a press release reporting financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2016, as planned, immediately following the close of market on Wednesday, May 11, 2016.  However, following the announcement on May 10, 2016, of Grupo Ferrer Internacional SA's proposed acquisition of Alexza, Alexza has elected not to conduct a conference call to discuss the quarterly financial results.  The call was previously scheduled for May 11, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 

About Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 
Alexza Pharmaceuticals is focused on the research, development, and commercialization of novel, proprietary products for the acute treatment of central nervous system conditions. 

Alexza's products and development pipeline are based on the Staccato^® system, a hand-held inhaler designed to deliver a pure drug aerosol to the deep lung, providing rapid systemic delivery and therapeutic onset, in a simple, non-invasive manner.  Active pipeline product candidates include AZ-002 (Staccato alprazolam) for the management of epilepsy in patients with acute repetitive seizures and AZ-007 (Staccato zaleplon) for the treatment of patients with middle of the night insomnia.

ADASUVE^® is Alexza's first commercial product.  ADASUVE is approved for marketing in 42 countries and has been submitted for approval in seven additional countries.  ADASUVE has been launched and is currently available in 21 countries.  Grupo Ferrer Internacional SA ("Ferrer") is Alexza's commercial partner for ADASUVE in Europe, Latin America, the Commonwealth of Independent States countries, the Middle East and North Africa countries, Korea, the Philippines and Thailand.

ADASUVE^® and Staccato^® are registered trademarks of Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  For more information about Alexza, the Staccato system technology or the Company's development programs, please visit www.alexza.com.

Safe Harbor Statement
Some statements in this release may be "forward-looking statements" for the purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "plan," "potential," "continue" or similar expressions. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the ability of the parties to complete the proposed acquisition of Alexza by Ferrer, the likelihood that the minimum number of Alexza shares are tendered in the offer related thereto, all closing conditions are satisfied and Alexza's ability to secure additional funding to continue its operations through the proposed closing. Such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors, risks and uncertainties are discussed in Alexza's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 as updated from time to time in Alexza's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of this date, and Alexza undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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SOURCE Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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