SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. Announces A Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
WILMINGTON, Del., May 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rigrodsky & Long, P.A.:
- Do you, or did you, own shares of Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AMPE)?
- Did you purchase your shares between January 13, 2014 and August 21, 2014, inclusive?
- Did you lose money in your investment in Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.?
- Do you want to discuss your rights?
Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., including former Special Assistant United States Attorney, Timothy J. MacFall, announces that a complaint has been filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased the common stock of Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Ampio" or the "Company") (NYSE MKT: AMPE) between January 13, 2014 and August 21, 2014, inclusive (the "Class Period"), alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against the Company and certain of its officers (the "Complaint").
If you purchased shares of Ampio during the Class Period, or purchased shares prior to the Class Period and still hold Ampio, and wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact Timothy J. MacFall, Esquire or Peter Allocco of Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., 2 Righter Parkway, Suite 120, Wilmington, DE 19803 at (888) 969-4242; by e-mail to [email protected]; or at: http://rigrodskylong.com/investigations/ampio-pharmaceuticals-inc-ampe.
The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements, and omitted materially adverse facts, about the Company's business, operations and prospects. Specifically, the Complaint alleges that the defendants concealed from the investing public that: (1) the clinical research organization conducting the STEP Study lacked independence; (2) the trial drug supply for the STEP Study was shipped to clinical sites at lower temperatures than permitted by the drug specifications; and (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. As a result of defendants' alleged false and misleading statements, the Company's stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period.
According to the Complaint, on August 21, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing a delay in the data analysis of the STEP Study due to the discovery by the independent Clinical Research Organization ("CRO") that the study drugs were, during shipment to the clinical sites, exposed to lower temperatures than permitted by the drug specifications. Then, on August 22, 2014, the blog Buyerstrike issued a report of Ampio, which asserted a number of red flags with the STEP Study.
Shares in Ampio dropped over 35% over the following days, closing at $4.84 per share on August 22, 2014, on heavy trading volume.
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 7, 2015. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. In order to be appointed lead plaintiff, the Court must determine that the class member's claim is typical of the claims of other class members, and that the class member will adequately represent the class. Your ability to share in any recovery is not, however, affected by the decision whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff. Any member of the proposed class may move the court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.
While Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. did not file the Complaint in this matter, the firm, with offices in Wilmington, Delaware and Garden City, New York, regularly litigates securities class, derivative and direct actions, shareholder rights litigation and corporate governance litigation, including claims for breach of fiduciary duty and proxy violations in the Delaware Court of Chancery and in state and federal courts throughout the United States.
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CONTACT:
Rigrodsky & Long, P.A.
Timothy J. MacFall, Esquire
Peter Allocco
(888) 969-4242
(516) 683-3516
Fax: (302) 654-7530
[email protected]
http://www.rigrodskylong.com
SOURCE Rigrodsky & Long, P.A.
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