Alexza Announces Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results Teleconference and Webcast

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXA) announced today that it will host a teleconference and webcast to provide a general business overview and to discuss its third quarter 2012 financial results on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Pacific Time).  Financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 will be released after market close on November 6, 2012.  The teleconference, webcast and archived replay are open to all interested parties.

To access the live teleconference via phone, dial 1-888-680-0865.  International callers may access the call by dialing +1-617-213-4853.  The reference number to enter the call is 47112636. 

To access the teleconference via the Internet, go to www.alexza.com, under the "Investor Relations" link.   Please join the call at least 15 minutes prior to the start to ensure time for any software downloads that may be required.  Interested parties may pre-register to avoid pre-call delays at https://www.theconferencingservice.com/prereg/key.process?key=PWHHNG3WW.

The replay of the teleconference may be accessed via the Internet, at www.alexza.com, or via phone at 1-888-286-8010 for domestic callers or +1-617-801-6888 for international callers.  The reference number for the replay is 78887027.  A replay will be available for two weeks following the event.

About Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Alexza is a pharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of novel, proprietary products for the acute treatment of central nervous system conditions.  Alexza's technology, the Staccato^® system, vaporizes unformulated drug to form a condensation aerosol that, when inhaled, allows for rapid systemic drug delivery through deep lung inhalation.  With the Staccato system, a drug is quickly absorbed through the lungs into the bloodstream, providing speed of therapeutic onset that is comparable to intravenous administration, but with greater ease, patient comfort and convenience. (Click here to see an animation of how the Staccato system works.)

ADASUVE™ (Staccato loxapine) is Alexza's lead program, which is being developed for the acute treatment of agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder in adults.  Alexza completed and announced positive results from both of its Phase 3 clinical trials and initially submitted the ADASUVE New Drug Application (NDA) in December 2009.  In October 2010, the Company received a complete response letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the application.  The Company completed an end-of-review meeting with the FDA in December 2010, a REMS guidance meeting with the FDA in April 2011, and the ADASUVE NDA was resubmitted in August 2011.  In December 2011, the ADASUVE NDA was the subject of an advisory committee meeting.  In January 2012, Alexza received notice of a 90-day extension of the PDUFA goal date, from February 4, 2012 to May 4, 2012.   In May 2012, Alexza received a second CRL from the FDA regarding the ADASUVE NDA and on June 22, 2012, the Company resubmitted the ADASUVE NDA.  The resubmitted ADASUVE NDA has a PDUFA goal date of December 21, 2012.

In October 2011, the Company established a commercial partnership for ADASUVE with Grupo Ferrer Internacional, S.A.  Grupo Ferrer is a leading pharmaceutical company in Europe with extensive operations in the Americas, and is Alexza's partner in the commercialization of ADASUVE in Europe, Latin America, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States countries.  Alexza filed its ADASUVE Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in October 2011.  In July 2012, Alexza submitted its responses to the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) Consolidated List of Questions (Day 120 List of Questions).  According to the published EMA timetables and internal projections of Alexza's work, Alexza currently projects that it will receive the Day 210 CHMP Opinion for the ADASVUE MAA in December 2012 or January 2013.

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

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 timing and prospects for regulatory approval to market ADASUVE in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States countries, the adequacy of the Company's capital to support the Company's operations, 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, 2011 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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