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Unigene Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2012 Results

FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL-YEAR 2011 FINANCIAL SUMMARYUnigene’s net loss for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012 The Company is currently exploring various alternatives, including financing, debt restructuring and partnering options. On December 11, 2012 Engaged Canaccord Genuity to assist the Company with its exploration and evaluation of a broad range of strategic options, including, but not limited to, the strategic partnering of its technology, the out-licensing of intellectual property and divestiture of certain assets, and the possible sale of the Company or one or more of its business units. Entered into a definitive licensing agreement with Tarix Pharmaceuticals to develop an oral formulation of TXA127, Tarix’s lead peptide drug candidate. The oral formulation of TXA127 is being developed jointly by Unigene and Tarix under a previously agreed upon feasibility program whereby the companies leveraged Unigene’s Peptelligence⢠technology platform to enable enhanced oral delivery of TXA127. Announced that the Company’s successful Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating an experimental oral parathyroid hormone (“PTH”) analog for the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women was published online by Bone, the Official Journal of the International Bone and Mineral Society. The Phase 2 study was also the subject of an oral presentation by Dr. Morten Karsdal, Chief Executive Officer of Nordic Bioscience, at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). Licensee, Tarsa Therapeutics, reported positive results from a Phase 2 trial at the recent ASBMR annual meeting of its oral recombinant salmon calcitonin in the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Tarsa is developing its oral calcitonin under a licensing agreement with Unigene that provides Tarsa with exclusive development and worldwide commercialization rights to Unigene’s oral calcitonin product, with the exception of China. In a meeting on March 5, 2013, the FDA Advisory Committee concluded via a 12-9 vote that the benefits of calcitonin products, including Fortical®, do not outweigh the potential risks associated with their use and, as a result, should not continue to be broadly marketed. Additionally, the Advisory Committee recommended via a 20-1 vote that fracture prevention data should be required for the approval of new oral calcitonin products in development for osteoporosis prevention and treatment. This recommendation could impact Unigene’s licensee, Tarsa Therapeutics. Awarded the Drug Delivery Partnerships⢠Innovation Award for Industry Achievement in recognition of the Company’s 2012 clinical advances in the oral delivery of peptides, marking the second consecutive year in which Unigene was honored. Fully addressed a previously disclosed error related to the Company’s accounting for a non-cash embedded derivative liability and filed an amended annual report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December, 31, 2011, amended quarterly reports on Form 10-Q/A for each of the quarterly periods ended June 30, 2012 and March 31, 2012, and the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.

Additional Financial Results & NotesRevenue for the year ended December 31, 2012 The Company anticipates that its independent registered public accounting firm will include an explanatory paragraph in their audit opinion to be contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, including financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCASTUnigene’s senior management team will host a conference call and webcast on March 12, 2013

Interested participants and investors may access the conference call at 11 a.m. ET

A telephonic replay of the call will be available for two weeks beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET

ABOUT UNIGENE LABORATORIES, INC.Unigene Laboratories, Inc. is a leader in the design, delivery, manufacture and development of peptide-based therapeutics. The Company is building a robust portfolio of proprietary partnerships in this expanding drug class based on its Peptelligence⢠platform. Peptelligence⢠encompasses extensive intellectual property covering drug delivery and manufacturing technologies, unsurpassed research and development expertise, and proprietary know-how representing a genuine distinctive competence. Core Peptelligence⢠assets include proprietary oral and nasal peptide drug delivery technologies, and proprietary, high-yield, scalable and reproducible E. coli-based manufacturing technologies.

Safe Harbor statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to: the impact of the March 5, 2013 UNIGENE LABORATORIES, INC.

BALANCE SHEETS

DECEMBER 31, 2012 and 2011 2012 2011 ASSETS

Current Assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

3,813,492

$

4,681,683

Accounts receivable

76,255

2,854,038

Accounts receivable â Tarsa

8,193

Inventory, net

898,042

1,283,550

Due from former China joint venture partner

600,000

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

848,573

862,761

Total Current Assets

5,636,362

10,290,225

Noncurrent inventory, net

1,063,633

1,946,647

Property, plant and equipment, net

2,651,819

2,977,058

Patents and other intangibles, net

1,920,574

2,020,458

Deferred financing costs, net

619,767

Other assets

40,513

341,014

Total Assets

$

11,312,901

$

18,195,169

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

Current Liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

731,359

$

1,472,925

Accrued expenses

2,244,830

2,094,449

Current portion â accrued interest âVictory Park and Levys

14,618,402

Current portion â deferred licensing revenues

1,648,515

1,262,622

Current portion â deferred gain on sale/leaseback

116,760 116,760 Current portion â capital lease obligations

38,566

Embedded conversion feature liability

28,700,000

Notes payable â Victory Park ânet of discount of $5,894,361 in 2012

41,922,248

Notes payable â Levys

14,437,518

750,000

Total Current Liabilities

104,458,198

5,696,756

Notes payable â Levys, excluding current portion

13,987,518

Notes payable â Victory Park ânet of discount of $5,335,294 in 2011

32,683,456

Accrued interest âVictory Park and Levys, excluding current portion

11,827,982

Embedded conversion feature liability

12,470,000

Capital lease obligations, excluding current portion

27,975

Deferred licensing revenues, excluding current portion

5,050,539

6,101,287

Deferred gain on sale/leaseback, excluding current portion

515,723

632,483

Deferred compensation

492,851

Total Liabilities

110,052,435

83,892,333

Commitments and Contingencies

Stockholders’ deficit:

Common Stock – par value $.01 per share, authorized 275,000,000 shares in 2012 and 2011; issued and outstanding: 95,586,644 shares in 2012 and 95,215,599 shares in 2011

955,866

952,156

Additional paid-in capital

116,932,088

115,691,958

Accumulated deficit

(216,627,488)

(182,341,278)

Total Stockholders’ Deficit

(98,739,534)

(65,697,164)

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit

$

11,312,901

$

18,195,169 Notes payable â Victory Park ânet of discount of $5,894,361 in 2012 Notes payable â Victory Park ânet of discount of $5,335,294 in 2011 Common Stock – par value $.01 per share, authorized 275,000,000 shares in 2012 and 2011; issued and outstanding: 95,586,644 shares in 2012 and 95,215,599 shares in 2011 UNIGENE LABORATORIES, INC.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

2012

2011

2010

Revenue:

Product sales

$

4,414,106

$

3,843,787

$

5,246,159

Royalties

689,742

1,603,371

2,974,365

Licensing revenue

1,050,759

10,250,740

1,300,763

Development fees and other revenues

2,125,041

3,517,440

811,992

Tarsa revenue

1,158,505

1,293,008

1,006,935

Total Revenue

9,438,153

20,508,346

11,340,214

Operating Expenses:

Cost of goods sold

1,638,974

1,551,624

2,608,083

Research and development

5,310,731

9,015,749

6,428,041

General and administrative

8,547,416

8,887,010

7,685,039

Unallocated facility expenses

3,147,808

3,345,971

3,105,989

Loss on disposal of fixed assets

82,761

— — Inventory reserves

81,327

716,989

Loss on sale of patents

824,241

Severance expense – Levys

349,980

1,120,000

Total Operating Expenses

18,809,017

23,974,575

21,664,141

Operating Loss

(9,370,864)

(3,466,229)

(10,323,927)

Other income (expense):

(Loss) Gain on change in fair value of embedded conversion feature

(11,110,000)

10,390,000

(1,670,000)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

— — (14,381,239)

Qualifying therapeutic discovery grant

— — 977,917

Interest and other income

98,922

58,535

85,546

Interest expense

(13,858,235)

(10,483,866)

(8,038,525)

(Loss) gain from investment in former China joint venture

(600,000)

(1,375,925)

115,774

Loss from investment in Nordic joint venture

(56,442)

— — Loss from investment in Tarsa

(650,571)

(2,819,143)

Loss before income taxes

(35,547,190)

(7,696,628)

(33,234,454)

Income tax benefit â principally from sale of New Jersey tax benefits

1,260,980

601,070

700,503

Net loss

$

(34,286,210)

$

(7,095,558)

$

(32,533,951)

Loss per share â basic and diluted:

Net loss per share

$

(0.36)

$

(0.08)

$

(0.35)

Weighted average number of shares outstanding â basic and diluted

95,451,670

93,181,384

91,961,673 (Loss) Gain on change in fair value of embedded conversion feature Income tax benefit â principally from sale of New Jersey tax benefits