Furiex Reports Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results

Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: FURX) today reported its financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012. Furiex was spun off from Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (PPD) as a separate public company effective June 14, 2010. Furiex continues the compound partnering business started by PPD in 1998.

Furiex recorded second quarter milestone revenue of $10.0 million. On May 23, 2012, Takeda Global Research & Development Centre (Europe) Ltd. received confirmation on the acceptance of the submission of a Marketing Authorization Application from the European Medicines Agency for alogliptin, a selective dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Furiex recorded second quarter royalty revenue of $3.1 million, compared to $0.9 million for the same period in the prior year. Royalty revenue included royalties related to Nesina ^® and Liovel ^® sales in Japan, and Priligy ^® sales in various countries outside of the United States.

Research and development expenses were $30.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, compared to $13.2 million for the same period in the prior year. The increase of $17.5 million in research and development expenses was a result of the increase in Phase III clinical trial costs associated with the continued development of MuDelta, a $1.0 million development milestone payment to Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd. in connection with the completion of the Phase II clinical study for PPD-10558, and a $5.0 million regulatory milestone payment due to Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V. related to the dosing of the fifth patient in the on-going Phase III clinical trials for MuDelta, partially offset by decreases in spending for the discontinued PPD-10558 program and completion of the Phase II clinical trial work related to MuDelta and JNJ-Q2.

Second quarter selling, general and administrative expenses were $2.8 million for 2012, compared to $2.5 million for the second quarter of 2011. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses of $0.3 million was primarily due to increases in consulting and legal expenses.

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