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Lipocine Announces Settlement of Securities
Class Action Lawsuit
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, February 16, 2018
- Lipocine Inc. (NASDAQ: LPCN), a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that the Company and the other defendants
have entered into a memorandum of understanding to settle the purported securities class action litigation captioned In re Lipocine
Inc. Securities Litigation, 2:17CV00182 DB (D. Utah).
The memorandum of understanding contemplates
that the parties will enter into a settlement agreement, which, if entered into, will be subject to customary conditions including
court approval following notice to the stockholders of the Company, and a hearing at which time the court will consider the fairness,
reasonableness and adequacy of the settlement. If a settlement is finally approved by the court, it will resolve all of the
claims that were or could have been brought in the action being settled.
The defendants continue to deny the
allegations made in the purported securities fraud class action litigation and have agreed to enter into the memorandum of understanding
in order to avoid the burden and expense of further litigation.
Lipocine Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing
innovative pharmaceutical products for use in men's and women's health using its proprietary drug delivery technologies. Lipocine's
clinical development pipeline includes three development programs TLANDO, LPCN 1111 and LPCN 1107. TLANDO, a novel oral prodrug
of testosterone containing testosterone undecanoate, is designed to help restore normal testosterone levels in hypogonadal men.
TLANDO was well tolerated and met the primary efficacy end-points in Phase 3 testing with twice daily dosing and is currently under
FDA review. LPCN 1111, a novel oral prodrug of testosterone, originated and is being developed by Lipocine as a next-generation
oral testosterone product with potential for once-daily dosing and is currently in Phase 2 testing. LPCN 1107 is potentially the
first oral hydroxyprogesterone caproate product candidate indicated for the prevention of recurrent preterm birth, is currently
in Phase 2 testing and has been granted orphan drug designation by the FDA. For more information, please visit www.lipocine.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking
statements" that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and
include statements that are not historical facts regarding a contemplated settlement agreement, clinical trials, FDA review, Lipocine's
product candidates, Lipocine's expected product benefits, and Lipocine's ability to execute on its corporate strategy.
Investors are cautioned that all such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation,
the risk that we do not settle the purported securities class-action lawsuit; the risks that the FDA will not approve any of our
products, risks related to our products, expected product benefits not being realized, clinical and regulatory expectations and
plans not being realized, new regulatory developments and requirements, risks related to the FDA approval process including that
the FDA will determine there are deficiencies in our resubmitted NDA, the receipt of regulatory approvals, the results and timing
of clinical trials, patient acceptance of Lipocine's products, the manufacturing and commercialization of Lipocine's products,
and other risks detailed in Lipocine's filings with the SEC, including, without limitation, its Form 10-K and other reports on
Forms 8-K and 10-Q, all of which can be obtained on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Lipocine assumes no obligation to update or
revise publicly any forward-looking statements contained in this release, except as required by law.
Executive Vice President & Chief
Phone: (801) 994-7383
Phone: (646) 597-6979