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Popular Science Recognizes Probuphine as One of the 2016 "Best of What's New"

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 10/20/16 -- Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTNP), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing proprietary therapeutics for the treatment of select chronic diseases utilizing its ProNeura™ long-term, continuous drug delivery platform, is very pleased that Probuphine® has been recognized as one of the "12 Most Important Innovations of the Year" in the Health category in Popular Science's annual "Best of What's New" issue. Probuphine, a subdermal implant developed using Titan's proprietary ProNeura technology, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May 2016, becoming the first commercially available long-term maintenance treatment of opioid dependence in clinically stable patients on 8 mg or less a day of oral buprenorphine.

Popular Science's editorial team reviews thousands of new products and innovations to choose the top 100 winners across 11 categories in naming the "Best of What's New." The "Best of What's New" Health category recognizes medical treatments and devices that could "solve an unsolvable problem" and utilize entirely new ideas and functions.

"We are honored that Probuphine has been included in this highly selective group of innovative and impactful technologies," said Titan President and CEO Sunil Bhonsle. "This provides further validation of Probuphine as an important long-term, maintenance treatment for opioid addiction, especially during the initial period of product launch by our development and commercialization partner, Braeburn Pharmaceuticals. The ProNeura technology employed in Probuphine also holds great promise in dramatically improving the treatment of a number of other chronic diseases and conditions through the delivery of sustained, consistent levels of medication for three months or longer. We are very pleased with the enthusiasm the medical and patient community has expressed for Probuphine and continue to expand our portfolio of products based on the ProNeura platform."

"The Best of What's New awards honor the innovations that shape the future," says Kevin Gray, Executive Editor, Popular Science. "From life-saving technology to incredible space engineering to gadgets that are just breathtakingly cool, this is the best of what's new."

Titan has granted exclusive commercialization rights to Probuphine in the U.S. and Canada to Braeburn, and is currently exploring partnerships for Probuphine in other territories. In addition to Probuphine, Titan is developing a ProNeura-based ropinirole implant for Parkinson's disease, and a ProNeura T-3 implant to treat hypothyroidism. The company expects to file an investigational new drug application (IND) for the ProNeura ropinirole implant for Parkinson's disease in the fourth quarter, following completion of non-clinical studies. Titan also expects to request a pre-IND meeting with the FDA for its T-3 implant product candidate in the fourth quarter.

About Opioid Addiction
According to recent estimates, there are 2.5 million people with opioid addiction in the U.S. Approximately 20 percent of this population is addicted to illicit opioids, such as heroin, and the other 80 percent to prescription opioids, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, methadone, hydromorphone and codeine. Before the year 2000, medication-assisted therapies for opioid dependence had been sanctioned to a limited number of facilities in the U.S. The Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 (DATA 2000) allowed medical office-based treatment of opioid dependence and greatly expanded patient access to medication-assisted treatments (MAT). In 2015, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department announced it would move to expand access to medication-assisted-treatment even further by revising regulations that cap the number of patients who can be treated with buprenorphine products by physicians. The HHS revision to the regulation will be developed to provide a balance between expanding the supply of buprenorphine-based treatment, encouraging use of evidence-based MAT, and minimizing the risk of drug diversion. Sales of buprenorphine drug products for treatment of opioid addiction in 2014 were approximately $1.75 billion in the United States.

About Probuphine®
Probuphine is a subdermal implant designed to deliver buprenorphine continuously for six months following a single treatment, and to promote patient compliance and retention. Buprenorphine, which is the active ingredient in multiple FDA-approved drug products for the treatment of opioid dependence, is currently available in tablet and film formulations that require self-administration by patients on a daily basis.

Probuphine was developed using ProNeura™, Titan's continuous drug delivery system that consists of a small, solid implant made from a mixture of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) and a drug substance. The resulting construct is a solid matrix that is placed subdermally, normally in the upper arm in an outpatient office procedure, and removed in a similar manner at the end of the treatment period. The efficacy and safety of Probuphine have previously been studied in several clinical trials, including a 163-patient, placebo-controlled study over a 24-week period (published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)), and a follow on study of 287 patients (published in the journal Addiction).

WARNING: IMPLANT MIGRATION, PROTRUSION, EXPULSION and NERVE DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH INSERTION and REMOVAL

Risk Associated with Insertion and Removal
Insertion and removal of PROBUPHINE are associated with the risk of implant migration, protrusion, expulsion resulting from the procedure. Rare but serious complications including nerve damage and migration resulting in embolism and death may result from improper insertion of drug implants inserted in the upper arm. Additional complications may include local migration, protrusion and expulsion. Incomplete insertions or infections may lead to protrusion or expulsion.

Because of the risks associated with insertion and removal, PROBUPHINE is available only through a restricted program called the PROBUPHINE REMS Program. All Healthcare Providers must successfully complete a live training program on the insertion and removal procedures and become certified, prior to performing insertions or prescribing PROBUPHINE implants. Patients must be monitored to ensure that PROBUPHINE is removed by a healthcare provider certified to perform insertions.

Please see additional Important Safety Information in the Package Insert that can be found at probuphine.com or by following this link http://probuphinerems.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/final-approved-pi.pdf.

About Titan Pharmaceuticals
Titan Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: TTNP), based in South San Francisco, CA, is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing proprietary therapeutics primarily for the treatment of serious medical disorders. The company's lead product candidate is Probuphine®, a novel and long-acting formulation of buprenorphine for the long-term maintenance treatment of opioid dependence. Probuphine employs Titan's proprietary drug delivery system ProNeura™, which is capable of delivering sustained, consistent levels of medication for three months or longer. Titan has granted commercial rights for the U.S. and Canada for Probuphine to Braeburn Pharmaceuticals. Approved by the FDA in May 2016, Probuphine is the first and only commercialized treatment of opioid dependence to provide continuous, around-the-clock blood levels of buprenorphine for six months following a single procedure. The ProNeura technology has the potential to be used in developing products for treating other chronic conditions such as Parkinson's disease and hypothyroidism, where maintaining consistent, around the clock blood levels of medication may benefit the patient and improve medical outcomes. For more information about Titan, please visit www.titanpharm.com.

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Contact:
Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sunil Bhonsle
President
(650) 244-4990

Investors:
Stephen Kilmer
(650) 989-2215
skilmer@titanpharm.com

Media:
Susan Thomas
(650) 989-2216
sthomas@titanpharm.com

Source: Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Released October 20, 2016