Sucampo Announces Second Quarter and Six Months 2012 Financial Results and Operating Highlights Teleconference and Webcast
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Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP) today announced that it will host a webcast and teleconference with senior management to discuss its financial results and operating highlights for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012, on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at 5:00 pm Eastern. The press release announcing the financial results and operating highlights is expected to be released after the close of the capital markets that day.
Investors interested in accessing the live audio webcast of the teleconference may do so at and should log on 10 to 15 minutes before the teleconference begins in order to download any software required. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Company’s website for several days after the live event. Alternatively, investors may dial 1-866-788-0544 or 1-857-350-1682 and use passcode 88404397. A replay of the teleconference will be available by dialing 1-888-286-8010 or 1-617-801-6888, passcode 85113419, approximately two hours after the teleconference concludes. The archive of the teleconference will remain available for 30 days.
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a global pharmaceutical company, is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of proprietary drugs based on prostones. The therapeutic potential of prostones, which occur naturally in the human body as a result of enzymic (15-PGDH) transformation of certain fatty acids, was first identified by Ryuji Ueno, M.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Sucampo Pharmaceuticals’ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Ueno founded Sucampo Pharmaceuticals in 1996 with Sachiko Kuno, Ph.D., founding Chief Executive Officer and currently Advisor, International Business Development, and a member of the Board of Directors. For more information, please visit .
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties, which may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in the statements. The forward-looking statements may include statements regarding product development, product potential, future financial and operating results, and other statements that are not historical facts. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements: the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation and health care legislation; Sucampo’s ability to accurately predict future market conditions; dependence on the effectiveness of Sucampo’s patents and other protections for innovative products; the risk of new and changing regulation and health policies in the US and internationally and the exposure to litigation and/or regulatory actions. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results may differ materially from those projected. Sucampo undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Forward-looking statements in this presentation should be evaluated together with the many uncertainties that affect Sucampo’s business, particularly those mentioned in the risk factors and cautionary statements in Sucampo’s Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2011, which the Company incorporates by reference.