Alexza Pharmaceuticals

Alexza Pharmaceuticals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ferrer, is focused on the research, development, and commercialization of novel, proprietary products for the acute treatment of central nervous system conditions. The Alexza products and development pipeline are based on their proprietary Staccato system, a hand-held inhaler designed to deliver a pure drug aerosol to the deep lung, providing rapid systemic delivery and therapeutic onset, in a simple, non-invasive manner. Alexza's initial product, ADASUVE® (Staccato loxapine), indicated for the acute treatment of agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder in adults, is currently approved and marketed in 23 countries.