NPSP SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Launches an Investigation of the Board of Directors of NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc. Regarding the Fairness of the Sale of the Company to Shire plc-- NPSP

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Levi & Korsinsky is investigating the Board of Directors of NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“NPS Pharmaceuticals” or “the Company”) (NASDAQGS: NPSP) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of state law in connection with the sale of the Company to Shire plc.

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Under the terms of the transaction, NPS Pharmaceuticals shareholders will receive $46 in cash for each share of NPS Pharmaceuticals stock they own. The investigation concerns whether the Board of NPS Pharmaceuticals breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders by failing to adequately shop the Company before agreeing to enter into this transaction, and whether Shire plc is underpaying for NPS Pharmaceuticals shares.

If you own NPS Pharmaceuticals common stock and wish to obtain additional information, please contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at [e-mail] or by telephone at [phone], toll-free: [phone], or visit http://zlk.9nl.com/nps-pharmaceuticals-npsp.

Levi & Korsinsky is a national firm with offices in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Washington D.C. The firm’s attorneys have extensive expertise in prosecuting securities litigation involving financial fraud, representing investors throughout the nation in securities and shareholder lawsuits. For more information, please feel free to contact any of the attorneys listed below. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

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