Antares Pharma to Host Fourth Quarter 2012 Call

EWING, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Antares Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRS) today announced it will release its fourth quarter 2012 financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, and host a conference call shortly thereafter at 8:30 a.m. ET (Eastern Time) to discuss the results. Paul K. Wotton, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, and Robert F. Apple, EVP, Chief Financial Officer, and President of the Parenteral Products Division, will host the call.

Interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing 1-877-941-0844 (US) or 1-480-629-9835 (international), 5-10 minutes prior to the start of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available approximately 2 hours after the call’s conclusion through 12:00 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on March 27, 2013 by dialing 1-800-406-7325 (US) or 1-303-590-3030 (international), and entering the access code 4600866. An audio web cast and archive of the conference call will also be available under the investor relations section of the Antares Web site at www.antarespharma.com.

About Antares Pharma

Antares Pharma focuses on self-administered parenteral pharmaceutical products and topical gel-based medicines. The Company is developing OTREXUP™, a combination product for the delivery of methotrexate using Medi-Jet™ technology for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, poly-articular-course juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, as well as VIBEX™ QS T for testosterone replacement therapy. The Company's technology platforms include VIBEX™ disposable Medi-Jet™, disposable multi-use pen injectors and Vision™ reusable needle-free injectors marketed as Tjet^® and Zomajet^® by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd (Teva) and Ferring Pharmaceuticals (Ferring), respectively. Antares Pharma has a multi-product deal with Teva that includes Tev-Tropin^® human growth hormone (hGH), VIBEX™ epinephrine and several other products. Antares Pharma’s partnership with Ferring includes Zomacton^® hGH. In the U.S. Antares has received FDA approval for Gelnique 3%™, a treatment for overactive bladder that is marketed by Actavis. Elestrin^® (estradiol gel) is FDA approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause, and is marketed in the U.S. by Meda Pharma. Antares Pharma has two facilities in the U.S. The Parenteral Products Group located in Minneapolis, Minnesota directs the manufacturing and marketing of the Company’s reusable needle-free injection devices and related disposables, and develops its disposable pressure-assisted Medi-Jet and pen injector systems. The Company’s corporate office and the Product Development and Commercial Group are located in Ewing, New Jersey.