Cornerstone Therapeutics Appoints New President

CARY, NC--(Marketwire - Sep 7, 2011) - Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CRTX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, acquiring and commercializing products for the respiratory, hospital and related specialty markets, today announced the appointment of Kenneth McBean as President, effective September 6, 2011. In this role, Mr. McBean will report directly to Craig Collard, who will continue to lead Cornerstone as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

"I am delighted to have Ken join the Cornerstone team and look forward to the leadership he will provide in the Company's execution of its commercial strategy," said Craig Collard. "Ken's experience in specialty markets, and his proven track record, will enhance our ability to grow our core products and to acquire and commercialize new products as we strive to become a leader in the respiratory and hospital markets."

Mr. McBean joins Cornerstone from Covidien plc, where he held the position of Vice President and General Manager of Specialty Pharmaceuticals from March 2009 until May 2011. At Covidien, Mr. McBean was responsible for executing a successful turnaround of the company's branded pharmaceutical products division. Prior to Covidien, Mr. McBean co-founded and headed commercial and corporate development for a number of Canadian-based pharmaceutical start-ups. In addition, he was formerly the Vice President of Marketing and Commercial Development for Biovail Pharmaceuticals and its predecessor company, DJ Pharma, in the US. His earlier career involved various US and global positions at Glaxo Wellcome and Marion Merrell Dow in commercial strategy, product management, market research, and sales. Mr. McBean holds a BS in Business from Kansas State University.

About Cornerstone Therapeutics
Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CRTX), headquartered in Cary, N.C., is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, acquiring, and commercializing products for the respiratory, hospital and related specialty markets. Key elements of the Company's strategy are to focus on identifying therapeutic niches within respiratory, hospital and related specialty markets to leverage existing business and create new opportunities; promote the Company's current products to high prescribing physicians through the Company's respiratory sales force and to hospital-based healthcare professionals through the Company's hospital sales force; license or acquire rights to existing patent- or trade secret-protected, branded products, which can be promoted through the same channels to generate on-going high-value earnings streams; advance the Company's development projects and further build a robust pipeline; and generate revenues by marketing approved generic products through the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Aristos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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