Horizon Pharma, Inc. Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Pharma, Inc. announced today that it has filed a registration statement on form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock.  All shares of the common stock to be sold in the offering will be offered by the Company.

Jefferies & Company, Inc. and Piper Jaffray & Co. are acting as joint book-running managers, and JMP Securities LLC and Lazard Capital Markets LLC are acting as co-managers for the offering.  The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus.  When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Jefferies & Company, Inc., Attention: Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022 or at (877) 547-6340.

A registration statement related to these securities has been filed with the SEC, but has not yet become effective.  These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.  This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Horizon Pharma

Horizon Pharma, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that is developing and commercializing innovative medicines to target unmet therapeutic needs in arthritis, pain and inflammatory diseases.  

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