Aerial BioPharma Completes Second Tranche of Its $12 Million Series A Financing

MORRISVILLE, NC – (February 20, 2013) – Aerial BioPharma announced today that the company has completed the second tranche of its $12 million dollar Series A financing. The company has now raised $9.5M, with the third and final tranche of the Series A to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2013. The funding will allow the company to complete the Phase 2b trial for ADX-N05, the company's lead product for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness associated with narcolepsy. After positive, Phase 2a results for ADX-N05 in mid-2012, Aerial began enrolling the Phase 2b trial in September. The company expects to complete the Phase 2b trial and have the results in the second half of 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Orphan Products Development recently granted orphan designation for ADX-N05 for the treatment of narcolepsy.

"In addition to allowing us to advance our promising treatment for narcolepsy to Phase 3, the funding will be used to finish the IND enabling studies required for our novel biologic product, prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP), which represents a completely new approach to the treatment of acute and chronic pain" said Moise Khayrallah, PhD, CEO of Aerial. Aerial plans to file the IND for PAP by the end of 2013.

Aerial is the third company from the management team led by Khayrallah, Steve Butts and Gary Bream PhD, all privately held and located in the Research Triangle Park, NC area. Since launching Addrenex Pharmaceuticals in 2006, the team has raised and deployed over $30 million dollars for various drug development programs in central nervous systems conditions. Addrenex was acquired by Shionogi Pharma in November 2009 and Neuronex, the team's second company, was acquired by Acorda Therapeutics in 2012.With the closing of the second tranche, Aerial is well positioned to continue its strategy of moving products quickly and efficiently through the development process in order to meet the unmet needs of patients.

About Aerial BioPharma

Aerial BioPharma is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing biologics and small molecules for medical conditions in the central nervous system. Aerial is based in Morrisville, N.C., on the edge of Research Triangle Park. For more information, visit www.aerialbio.com

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