Alexza to Report 2016 First Quarter Financial Results and Provide Corporate Update on Wednesday, May 11, 2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXA, "Alexza", or the "Company") will report results for its fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016 on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, following the close of the U.S. financial markets.  The Company will also host an investor conference call and live webcast on the same day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to provide a company update and discuss the financial results. 

Conference Call Information - 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 11, 2016
To access the webcast via the Internet, go to www.alexza.com, under the "Investors" link.  Please log onto the webcast prior to the start of the call to ensure time for any software downloads that may be required to participate in the webcast. 

LIVE CALL:
1-844-492-3732 or +1-412-542-4199 (international)
Passcode:  Please ask to be joined into the Alexza Pharmaceuticals call.

REPLAY:
1-877-344-7529 or +1-412-317-0088 (international)
Passcode: 10084678
A replay of the conference call may also be accessed at www.alexza.com under the "Investors" link.  A replay of the call will be available for 7 days following the conference call.

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 20 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
The anticipated news release and conference call will contain forward-looking statements that involve significant risks and uncertainties. Any statement describing the Company's expectations or beliefs is a forward-looking statement, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and should be considered an at-risk statement. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, particularly those inherent in the process of developing and commercializing drugs, including the Company's ability to complete any potential acquisition or other strategic transaction, the adequacy of the Company's capital to support the Company's operations, the ability of Alexza and Ferrer to effectively and profitably commercialize ADASUVE, Alexza's ability to secure a new U.S. commercial partner for ADASUVE and the terms of any such partnership, estimated product revenues and royalties associated with the sale of ADASUVE, and the Company's ability to raise additional funds and the potential terms of such potential financings. The Company's forward-looking statements also involve assumptions that, if they prove incorrect, would cause its results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These and other risks concerning Alexza's business are described in additional detail in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 and the Company's other Periodic and Current Reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of this date, and the Company 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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