Notice of Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. Fiscal 2011 Fourth Quarter Conference Call

- Financial results to be released February 22, 2012 -

Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol: DND

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Feb. 15, 2012 /CNW/ - Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSX: DND) will host a conference call on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. (ET) to discuss its fiscal 2011 financial results. Cipher invites all interested parties to participate. You can join the call by dialing 647-427-7450 or 1-888-231-8191.  Please call in 15 minutes prior to the call to secure a line. You will be put on hold until the conference call begins.

Larry Andrews, President and CEO, will chair the call. A question and answer session will follow, at which time the operator will direct participants as to the correct procedure for submitting questions.  A taped replay of the conference call will be available until Wednesday, February 29, 2012 by calling 416-849-0833 or 1-855-859-2056, reference number 52898900.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available through www.cipherpharma.com. Please connect at least 15 minutes prior to the conference call to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be needed to hear the webcast.  An archived replay of the webcast will be available for 365 days.

About Cipher Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Cipher Pharmaceuticals is a growing specialty pharmaceutical company that commercializes novel formulations of successful, currently marketed molecules. Cipher's strategy is to in-license clearly differentiated products, advance them through the clinical development and regulatory approval stages, and out-license to international marketing partners. The Company's first product is a fenofibrate formulation marketed in the United States as Lipofen®. Cipher's second product, an extended-release tramadol, is marketed in the United States as ConZip™ and will be marketed in Canada as Durela™. Cipher's New Drug Application for its third product, a novel formulation of the acne treatment isotretinoin, is currently being reviewed by the FDA and Health Canada.

Cipher is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol 'DND' and has approximately 24 million shares outstanding.  For more information, please visit www.cipherpharma.com.

Craig Armitage      
Investor Relations    
The Equicom Group   
[phone] ext 278    
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Larry Andrews
President and CEO
Cipher Pharmaceuticals
[phone] ext 324
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[email protected]