MALVERN, PA, Oct. 28, 2009 (Marketwire) --

MALVERN, PA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/28/09 -- Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUXL), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced financial results and operational highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. For the third quarter of 2009, Auxilium reported net revenues of $42.1 million compared to net revenues of $32.6 million in the third quarter of 2008. The net loss for the third quarter of 2009 was $(14.9) million, or $(0.35) per share, compared to a net loss of $(10.1) million, or $(0.24) per share, reported for the third quarter of 2008.

"I'm extremely proud of our accomplishments in the third quarter. We received a unanimous vote for approval of XIAFLEX(TM) for Dupuytren's contracture from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Arthritis Advisory Committee and announced publication of XIAFLEX's pivotal Dupuytren's contracture trial in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. Additionally, we achieved record Testim® revenues, completed an equity offering of $115.7 million and received what we believe is a positive response to our Citizen's Petition," said Armando Anido, Chief Executive Officer and President of Auxilium. "The Auxilium team has provided excellent results this quarter, and I'd like to congratulate all of our employees, each of whom contributed to our success."

Third Quarter Operational Highlights:

XIAFLEX:

--  On September 16th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA)
    Arthritis Advisory Committee voted 12-0 to unanimously recommend approval
    of XIAFLEX (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) for Dupuytren's
    contracture.
--  In its September 3rd edition, The New England Journal of Medicine
    published data from the pivotal CORD I phase III clinical trial of XIAFLEX,
    which is the largest, prospective, double blind, placebo controlled
    clinical trial ever conducted in the field of Dupuytren's contracture.
--  Key commercial and medical personnel have been added in anticipation
    of a potential launch approximately 60 days after approval.
    

TESTIM:

--  An FDA response to the Company's Citizen's Petition was received in
    August 2009. The FDA agreed with some of the statements made in the
    Citizen's Petition regarding the testing required for generic versions of
    Testim and disagreed with other statements. Although not commenting upon
    any filing in particular, the FDA did state that "the practical effect of
    this determination is that any application for a testosterone gel product
    that has different penetration enhancers than the reference listed drug
    cannot be submitted as an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) and,
    instead, will have to be submitted as a NDA under section 505(b) of the
    Act."
--  According to IMS Health, Inc., a pharmaceutical research firm (IMS), a
    total of 161,000 prescriptions for Testim were dispensed in the third
    quarter of 2009, a growth of 17.3% over the third quarter of 2008.
--  Total prescriptions within the gel segment of the testosterone
    replacement therapy market in the U.S. grew 16.8% versus the third quarter
    of 2008, according to IMS.
--  Testim ended the month of September 2009 with a 22.3% share of total
    prescriptions for testosterone gels in the U.S., up slightly from the 22.2%
    share at the end of September 2008, according to IMS.
    

COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS:

--  The Company was recognized as a top fifteen finalist in Deloitte's
    2009 Fast 50 program for the greater Philadelphia area.
--  Auxilium was named the Silver Winner in the Large Company (101-1,000
    employees) category in the 2009 Best Places to Work in Philadelphia
    competition by The Philadelphia Business Journal.
    

OTHER EVENTS:

--  On September 30th, the Company completed the sale of 3.45 million
    shares of its common stock at a price of $34.50 per share, resulting in
    proceeds to the Company, net of offering expenses and underwriting
    discounts and commissions, of approximately $115.7 million.
--  On August 5th, the Company announced that it had secured a $30 million
    revolving credit line from Silicon Valley Bank.
    

Third Quarter 2009 Financial Details

For the quarter ended September 30, 2009, Auxilium reported net revenues of $42.1 million compared to net revenues of $32.6 million in the third quarter of 2008, an increase of 29.3%. Sales of Testim in the U.S. were $40.2 million, a 25.1% increase over the $32.1 million recognized in the third quarter of 2008. There was $1.1 million of ex-U.S. partner milestone revenue recognition and shipments of Testim in the third quarter of 2009, compared to $0.5 million in the third quarter of 2008. The Company also recognized $0.9 million in revenues in the third quarter of 2009 from the amortization of upfront payments related to the out-licensing of XIAFLEX. The net loss for the third quarter of 2009 was $(14.9) million, or $(0.35) per share, compared to a net loss of $(10.1) million, or $(0.24) per share, reported for the third quarter of 2008.