Cornerstone Therapeutics Sues to Enforce Its CARDENE(R)

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Jul 24, 2013 at 5:45 PM

Cornerstone Therapeutics Sues to Enforce Its CARDENE(R) I.V. Patents

CARY, NC--(Marketwired - Jul 24, 2013) - Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. ( NASDAQ : CRTX ) ("Cornerstone" or "the Company") filed a Complaint earlier today in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware alleging that Exela Pharma Sciences, LLC, Exela PharmSci, Inc., and Exela Holdings, Inc. infringed its U.S. Patent Nos. 7,612,102 and 7,659,291 by filing a Supplemental New Drug Application with the FDA seeking approval to market a ready to use injectable formulation of 0.1 mg/ml and 0.2 mg/ml nicardipine hydrochloride in 0.9% sodium chloride. The Company markets a ready to use injectable formulation of 0.1 mg/ml and 0.2 mg/ml nicardipine hydrochloride in 0.86% and 0.83% sodium chloride under the name CARDENE^® I.V. (nicardipine hydrochloride) Premixed Injection. U.S. Patent Nos. 7,612,102 and 7,659,291 do not expire until December 26, 2027 and April 18, 2027, respectively.

"The initiation of this lawsuit is consistent with Cornerstone's stated intention of vigorously enforcing its intellectual property rights to protect its innovative products and technologies," said Cornerstone Chairman and CEO, Craig Collard.

Cornerstone is represented by the law firm of Frommer, Lawrence & Haug LLP.

About Cornerstone Therapeutics

Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. ( NASDAQ : CRTX ), headquartered in Cary, N.C., is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on commercializing products for the hospital and adjacent specialty markets. Key elements of the Company's strategy are to focus its commercial and development efforts in the hospital and adjacent specialty product sector within the U.S. pharmaceutical marketplace; continue to seek out opportunities to acquire companies, marketed or registration-stage products and late-stage development products that fit within the Company's focus areas; and generate revenues by marketing approved generic products through the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Aristos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. For more information, visit www.crtx.com .

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For this purpose, any statements contained herein, other than statements of historical fact, including our strategy and our future operations and opportunities, constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including our ability to satisfy FDA and other regulatory requirements, our ability to develop and maintain the necessary sales, marketing, supply chain and distribution capabilities to successfully commercialize our products, our ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for our products and product candidates and the other factors described in Item 1A (Risk Factors) of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on March 14, 2013 and in our subsequent filings with the SEC. In addition, the statements in this press release reflect our expectations and beliefs only as of the date of this release. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments may cause our expectations and beliefs to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements publicly at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, business development transactions, joint ventures or investments that we may make or enter into. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date after the date of this release.

Trademarks

CARDENE^® I.V. is a registered trademark of EKR Therapeutics, Inc., Cornerstone Therapeutics' wholly-owned subsidiary.

Contacts Investor Relations Contact: Josh Franklin Vice President, Strategy and Business Development +1-919-678-6520 josh.franklin@crtx.com Media Relations Contact: Fleishman-Hillard Andrea Moody +1-919-457-0743 andrea.moody@fleishman.com

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