Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Financial Results and Operating Highlights Teleconference and Webcast

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMP), a global pharmaceutical company, today announced that it will host a webcast and teleconference with senior management to discuss its financial results and operating highlights for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012, on Wednesday, March 13, 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 http://investor.sucampo.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=201197&p=irol-calendar and should log on 10 to 15 minutes before the teleconference begins in order to download any software required. Presentation slides will be available via the webcast links. 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 800-688-0836 (domestic) or 617-614-4072 (international) and use passcode 62809438. A replay of the teleconference will be available by dialing 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 passcode 95378400, approximately two hours after the teleconference concludes. The archive of the teleconference will remain available for 30 days.

About Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global pharmaceutical company focused on innovative research, discovery, development and commercialization of proprietary drugs based on prostones. The therapeutic potential of prostones was first discovered by Ryuji Ueno, M.D., Ph.D., Ph.D., Sucampo’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Scientific Officer, and co-founder. Prostones, naturally occurring fatty acid metabolites that have emerged as promising compounds with unique physiological activities, can be targeted for the treatment of unmet or underserved medical needs. For more information, please visit www.sucampo.com.

Sucampo Forward-Looking Statement

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 most recent Form 8-K and 10-K, which the Company incorporates by reference.