Ascendis Pharma, Inc, 1000 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304, US

Alexza Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, proprietary products for the treatment of acute and intermittent conditions. The company's technology, the Staccato system, vaporizes unformulated drug compound to form a condensation aerosol that allows rapid systemic drug delivery through deep lung inhalation. The drug is quickly absorbed through the lungs into the bloodstream, providing speed of therapeutic onset that is comparable to intravenous administration, but with greater ease, patient comfort and convenience. Alexza Pharmaceuticals has four product candidates in clinical development: AZ-001 (Staccato prochlorperazine) for the treatment of acute migraine headaches; AZ-002 (Staccato alprazolam) for the acute treatment of panic attacks associated with panic disorder; AZ-004 (Staccato loxapine) for the treatment of acute agitation in patients with schizophrenia; and AZ-003 (Staccato fentanyl) for the treatment of patients with acute pain. Alexza Pharmaceuticals is located in Palo Alto, Calif.