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Subject: FINANCING AGREEMENTS

Aeterna Zentaris Announces Novo Nordisk to acquire rights to Macrilentm in United States and Canada


CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aeterna Zentaris Inc. (NASDAQ:AEZS) (TSX: AEZS) announces that it was advised yesterday that Strongbridge BioPharma Plc has signed an agreement with Novo Nordisk A/S pursuant to which Novo Nordisk will acquire from Strongbridge Biopharma Plc its rights to Macrilentm in the United States and Canada.

Aeterna Zentaris has licensed the rights to Macrilentm in the United States and Canada to Strongbridge Biopharma.

About Aeterna Zentaris Inc.

Aeterna Zentaris Inc. is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing, principally through out-licensing arrangements, Macrilentm (macimorelin), an oral ghrelin receptor agonist, to be administered in the diagnosis of patients with adult growth hormone deficiency.  Aeterna Zentaris has entered into a license and assignment agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Strongbridge Biopharma plc to carry out development, manufacturing, registration and commercialization of Macrilentm (macimorelin) in the United States and Canada. For more information, visit www.zentaris.com.

Contact:

Leslie Auld
Chief Financial Officer
Aeterna Zentaris Inc.
[email protected]
843-900-3201


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