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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

x
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011
 
or
 
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from                    to

Commission file number 000-26422

DISCOVERY LABORATORIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
  
94-3171943
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

2600 Kelly Road, Suite 100
Warrington, Pennsylvania 18976-3622
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(215) 488-9300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
  
Name of each exchange on which registered
     
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
  
The Nasdaq Capital Market
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
    

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None
 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  YES o    NO x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.  YES o    NO x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   YES x    NO o
 
 
 
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  YES x     NO o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer  o
Accelerated filer  o
   
Non-accelerated filer    o
Smaller reporting company  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
YES o     NO x

The aggregate market value of shares of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant computed using the closing price of common equity as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol DSCO on June 30, 2011, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $54 million.  For the purposes of determining this amount only, the registrant has defined affiliates to include: (a) the executive officers named in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K; (b) all directors of the registrant as of June 30, 2011; and (c) each shareholder, if any, that the registrant reasonably believed to be the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock of the registrant as of June 30, 2011.

As of April 24, 2012, 43,361,562 shares of the registrant’s common stock were outstanding.

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” include Discovery Laboratories, Inc., and its wholly-owned, presently inactive subsidiary, Acute Therapeutics, Inc.
 
 
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Explanatory Note to Amendment No. 1
 
Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (“we”, “us” or the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (“Amendment No. 1”) to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 30, 2012 (“Form 10-K”), solely (i) to include portions of Item 10 and Items 11 through 14 of Part III of the Form 10-K, as contemplated by instruction G(3) to the Form 10-K, and (ii) to include as exhibits in Part IV, Item 15 of the Form 10-K, a related exhibit and the new certifications required by Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”).  Other than the addition of Items 10-14, related exhibits, and the new certifications, the Form 10-K is not being amended or updated in any respect.  This Amendment No. 1 continues to describe the conditions as of the date of the Form 10-K, and, except as contained herein, we have not modified or updated the disclosures contained in the Form 10-K.  This Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with our filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K, including any amendment to those filings.
 
Forward-Looking Statements

This Amendment No. 1 contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Exchange Act.  The forward-looking statements are only predictions and provide our current expectations or forecasts of future events and financial performance and may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “may,” “will” or “should” or, in each case, their negative, or other variations or comparable terminology, though the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking.  We intend that all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  The forward-looking statements in this report are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or anticipated results, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” and “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations” in the Form 10-K and elsewhere in, or incorporated by reference into, the Form 10-K and this Amendment No. 1.

Except to the extent required by applicable laws, rules or regulations, we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements or to publicly announce revisions to any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
 
 
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DISCOVERY LABORATORIES, INC.
Table of Contents to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011
 
PART III
      
       
ITEM 10.
  
1
       
ITEM 11.
  
6
       
ITEM 12.
  
12
       
ITEM 13.
  
13
       
ITEM 14.
  
14
       
ITEM 15.
  
15
       
16

 
 

PART III

ITEM 10.

Directors of the Company

The following table sets forth the names of the persons serving on our Board of Directors (the “Board”).  Our stockholders elect the directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and, if applicable, until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Name
Age
Position with the Company
W. Thomas Amick
69
Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Antonio Esteve, Ph.D.
54
Director
Max E. Link, Ph.D.
71
Director
Bruce A. Peacock
60
Director
Marvin E. Rosenthale, Ph.D.
78
Director

W. Thomas Amick has served as a member of our Board since September 2004, as our Chairman since March 2007, as our Interim Chief Executive Officer effective August 2009, and as our Chief Executive Officer since October 18, 2010.  From March 2005 to October 2010, Mr. Amick served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Aldagen, Inc., a privately-held life sciences company.  In 2004, Mr. Amick retired from a 30-year career with Johnson & Johnson, having most recently served, from 2003 to 2004, as Vice President, Business Development at Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation.  Previously at Johnson & Johnson, Mr. Amick served as President of Ortho Biotech Europe; as President of Janssen-Ortho, Inc., managing the entire Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical and biotechnology portfolio for Canada; and as Vice President of the Oncology Franchise of Ortho Biotech.  He has held various other sales and executive positions throughout his career.  He holds a B.A. degree in business administration from Elon College and has attended executive courses at the Kellogg School of Management, Harvard Business School and Darden School of Business.

In addition to his role as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Amick brings to our Board and executive team broad management experience, having more than 30 years of pharmaceutical and biotechnology experience as a senior executive with Johnson & Johnson.  Mr. Amick was instrumental in starting Johnson & Johnson’s biotechnology/oncology business.  His expertise and track record of leadership in developing successful domestic and international businesses adds significant depth to our management team and our Board.

Antonio Esteve, Ph.D., has served as a member of our Board since May 2002.  Dr. Esteve has chaired the company that bears his surname, Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A. (“Esteve”), since 2005, having previously held various posts within Esteve.  Since 2003, he has chaired the Blood and Tissue Bank (BST) owned by the Department of Health of the Government of Catalonia.  In 2009, Dr. Esteve was appointed President of the Prince of Girona Foundation.  He has also served as President of Farmaindustria (National Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Spain) (2006-2008), and is a member of the IFPMA Council (International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations) and various advisory boards in Spain.  Dr. Esteve is also a member of the Royal Academies of Pharmacy and Medicine of Catalonia and a Permanent Member of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain.  Dr. Esteve holds a Doctorate in Pharmacy and PDD (Executive Development Program) from IESE (Business School of the University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain).

We have entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A. for the development, marketing and sales of a broad portfolio of potential surfactant products in Andorra, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.  With his significant experience in drug development, marketing and sales practices in Europe, and a full complement of development and marketing experts employed by his company, Dr. Esteve is positioned to advise our Board on current trends and developments in the drug development industry in Europe and specifically on matters related to drug development and marketing of our products overseas
 
 
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Max E. Link, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board since October 1996.  Dr. Link has held a number of executive positions with pharmaceutical and health care companies.  He currently serves on the board of directors of three other publicly-traded life science companies: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Celsion Corporation and CytRx Corporation.  Until May 2008 he served as a director of Human Genome Sciences, Inc.  Previously, Dr. Link served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Centerpulse, Ltd.; as Chief Executive Officer of Corange Limited, the parent company of Boehringer Mannheim, now F. Hoffmann La Roche & CIE AG, and DePuy, Inc.  Prior to that time, he served in a number of positions within Sandoz Pharma, Ltd., now Novartis Pharma, Ltd., including as Chief Executive Officer and as Chairman.  Dr. Link holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland.

Dr. Link’s significant management experience is a key consideration in assessing his qualifications to serve as a member of our Board.  In addition, his doctorate in Economics, his experience in overseeing the preparation of financial statements in his capacity as Chief Financial Officer at Sandoz, Inc., and his experience as a Chief Executive Officer in actively supervising principal financial officers of public companies form the basis of the Board’s decision to designate him as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and qualify him to serve as an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of the rules of the SEC.
 
Bruce A. Peacock has served as a member of our Board since September 2010.  Since May 2006, Mr. Peacock has served as a Venture Partner with SV Life Sciences Advisors, LLC.  Since September 2010, Mr. Peacock has served as Chief Business Officer of Ophthotech Corporation.  He also serves as a Director and Co-Chairman of Alba Therapeutics and served as President and Chief Executive Officer from April 2008 to February 2011.  Prior to joining SV Life Sciences Advisors, LLC, he served as Chief Executive Officer and director of The Little Clinic, a medical care services company.  Previously, Mr. Peacock served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Adolor Corporation, a publicly-held biotechnology company; as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Orthovita, Inc., a publicly-held orthopaedic biomaterials company; as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Cephalon, Inc.; and as Chief Financial Officer of Centocor, Inc.  Mr. Peacock serves as a member of the board of directors of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. and has served as a member of the boards of directors of Pharmacopeia, Inc. (2004-2008), Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (2008-2009), and NeurogesX, Inc. (2007-2009).  Mr. Peacock earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Villanova University and is a certified public accountant.
 
Mr. Peacock brings extensive biotech and pharmaceutical experience to our Board, having held senior executive positions in a number of biotechnology, medical device and healthcare service organizations.  He has significant expertise in financial matters, having completed many debt, equity capital and alliance transactions, and also has significant experience in drug development, having led teams that gained regulatory approval of several drug candidates in the United States and in other major markets worldwide.  Mr. Peacock has also had responsibility for marketing, commercial and manufacturing operations.

Marvin E. Rosenthale, Ph.D. has served as a member of our Board since 1998.  Prior to his retirement in 1999, Dr. Rosenthale served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Allergan Ligand Retinoid Therapeutics, Inc., having joined as Vice President in 1993.  Previously, over a period of 16 years, Dr. Rosenthale served in a variety of executive positions at Johnson & Johnson, including Vice President, Drug Discovery Worldwide, at R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, and director of the divisions of pharmacology and biological research and Executive Director of Drug Discovery Research at Ortho Pharmaceutical.  Prior to that, Dr. Rosenthale served in various positions with Wyeth Laboratories.  Dr. Rosenthale has previously served on the boards of directors of NuRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (2008-2010), Radiant Pharmaceuticals Corp. (formerly AMDL, Inc., 2000-2006) and Allergan Specialty Therapeutics, Inc. (1998-2000), and currently serves on the boards of directors of two privately-held companies.  Dr. Rosenthale received a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Hahnemann Medical College, an M.Sc. in pharmacology from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science and a B.Sc. in pharmacy from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science.

Dr. Rosenthale brings to our Board more than 50 years of management and executive experience in the pharmaceutical industry.  In addition, since 1998, he has served as a member of the board of directors of nine pharmaceutical companies which provides him a broad perspective of the customs, practices and strategic priorities of pharmaceutical companies in today’s challenging competitive and financial markets.
 
 
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Executive Officers

The following table sets forth the names and positions of our executive officers, with the exception of Mr. Amick, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, whose information appears above.  The Board approves the election of officers annually and such officers serve until the meeting of the Board following the next annual meeting of the stockholders and, if applicable, until their successors are duly elected and qualified:

Name
Age
Position with the Company
Russell Clayton, D.O.
51
Senior Vice President, Research and Development
Kathryn A. Cole
46
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
John G. Cooper
53
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Thomas C. Hoy
50
Vice President, Manufacturing Operations
Thomas F. Miller, Ph.D., MBA
41
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
John A. Tattory
46
Vice President, Finance, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
Mary B. Templeton, Esq.
65
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary

Russell Clayton, D.O. has served as our Senior Vice President, Research and Development, since October 2011, having previously served as Vice President, Research and Development, from June 2009 to October 2011; Vice President, Medical and Academic Affairs, from September 2007 to June 2009; and Vice President, Global Research and Development, from May 2006 to September 2007.  Dr. Clayton joined us in December 2005 as Vice President of Medical Affairs.  Dr. Clayton is currently responsible for Regulatory Affairs and Pre-Clinical Research.  Dr. Clayton previously served, at Merck & Company, as Regional Medical Director, Medical and Scientific Affairs; and prior to that, as Director of International Regulatory Affairs.  Dr. Clayton served as Attending Pulmonologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where he was Director of the Asthma Program for the Division of Pulmonary Medicine and Associate Director for the Cystic Fibrosis Center.  He has also served as Attending Pulmonologist at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, and as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Temple University School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.  He has given over 100 invited presentations, both national and international, and has authored articles and chapters on a variety of topics in pediatric lung disease.  Dr. Clayton received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from La Salle College and his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Kathryn A. Cole has served as our Senior Vice President, Human Resources, since January 2006.  Previously, Ms. Cole served as Vice President, Human Resources for Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc., a publicly-traded specialty pharmaceutical company, where she was responsible for creating and implementing the human resources strategy for the corporate office, commercial operations, and its former subsidiary, Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, LTD. of Leeds, United Kingdom.  Ms. Cole has also held various human resource management positions with companies, including Cytogen Corporation, EpiGenesis Pharmaceuticals, and the Prudential Insurance Company of America.  Ms. Cole received her undergraduate degree in Communication from Douglass College and her Master of Science degree in Industrial Relations and Human Resources from the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations.

John G. Cooper, has served as our President and Chief Financial Officer since August 2010, having previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer beginning December 2002.  Mr. Cooper has over 25 years of experience as an executive with emerging growth companies in the life sciences industry and has been responsible for managing public and private financings, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, strategic and financial planning, international financial operations and general business operations.  Mr. Cooper’s previous positions include Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chrysalis International Corporation, a public international contract research organization (CRO); Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of DNX Corporation, a public company specializing in transgenic biotechnology; Chief Financial Officer of Taratec Development Corporation, a provider of information technology to life science companies; and Director, Finance and Controller of ENI Diagnostics, a public international medical device and diagnostics company.  Prior to that, Mr. Cooper held financial positions of increasing responsibility at CR Bard, Inc and Warner Cosmetics, Inc.  Mr. Cooper is a Certified Public Accountant and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce from Rider University.
 
 
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Thomas C. Hoy has served as our Vice President, Manufacturing Operations since September 2010.  Previously, Mr. Hoy was employed by Johnson & Johnson for more than 22 years in roles of increasing responsibility in Manufacturing Operations, most recently as Executive Director, Worldwide Manufacturing (2008 – 2009), a strategic staff position with responsibility to leverage and harmonize Johnson & Johnson’s worldwide biotech manufacturing operations, and, before that, as General Manager, Malvern Operations (2006-2007), where he managed a high-profile bulk biological manufacturing site with more than 500 employees supporting worldwide sales of almost $2 billion.  Prior to that, Mr. Hoy served as site General Manager for two other Pharmaceutical and Biotech Manufacturing Facilities as well as General Manager for Johnson & Johnson’s Worldwide Biological Contract Manufacturing Organization, which supported sales of more than $3 billion.  Mr. Hoy received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and his Masters of Business Administration in Operations Management from Drexel University.

Mr. Hoy has significant experience in managing manufacturing operations and, in particular, in processes similar to those needed for the manufacture of our drug products.  He has managed biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturing operations ranging in size from 50 to 500 employees, with annual budgets of up to $150 million.  Mr. Hoy’s responsibilities have included operations both within the U.S. and Europe.

Thomas F. Miller, Ph.D., MBA has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, since August 2010, having previously served as Senior Vice President, Commercialization and Business Development, from June 2006 to August 2010; and Vice President, Marketing, from August 2004 to April 2006.  Previously, from 2003 to 2004, Dr. Miller served as the Director of Global Biologics Strategic Marketing at Centocor, a Johnson & Johnson biotechnology company, where he was responsible for the development of global business strategy for emerging, niche-market products. Previously, Dr. Miller held commercial and scientifically-related positions of increasing responsibility at Pharmacia, BASF Pharma, and Pfizer.  Dr. Miller received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Fairfield University, a Masters in Business Administration degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a Ph.D. in cardio-respiratory physiology from Temple University School of Medicine.
 
John A. Tattory has served as our Vice President, Finance since January 2008, and was also appointed Controller and assigned the additional responsibility of Principal Accounting Officer in July 2010.  Previously, from May 2005 to January 2008, Mr. Tattory served as Director, Financial Planning & Analysis at Tyco International.  Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Tattory was employed at Bristol-Myers Squibb in a variety of financial roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Finance Director, U.S. Primary Care; and at Ernst & Young LLP in the firm’s audit practice.  Mr. Tattory is a certified public accountant and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Commerce from Rider University.
 
Mr. Tattory has more than 20 years of finance and accounting experience, most importantly his experience managing the financial operations for a commercial pharmaceutical company. His management and audit responsibilities have included the implementation of internal controls, accounting policy, budgets and forecasts, product pricing and cost accounting, financial reporting systems, and implementation of Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 controls.
 
Mary B. Templeton, Esq. has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since September 2011, having previously served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel from March 2006.  Previously, Ms. Templeton was in private practice in New York and, prior to that, held senior legal positions in the financial services industry, serving as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary to The Charles Schwab Corporation, San Francisco, as Senior Vice President and General Counsel to The Sequor Group Inc., an affiliate of Security Pacific Corporation, in New York and Los Angeles, as Director of Investment Company Products at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., San Francisco, and as Trust Officer of Bradford Trust Company, New York.  Ms. Templeton received her undergraduate degree from Chatham University, where she is a member of the Board of Trustees, and a J.D. with High Honors from Rutgers University School of Law – Camden.  She is a member of the Bar Associations of Pennsylvania and New York.
 
 
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Family Relationships

There are no family relationships among our directors or executive officers.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), requires our directors, officers (including a person performing a principal policy-making function) and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities (collectively, “Reporting Persons”) to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock and other equity securities.  Reporting Persons are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all filings they make under Section 16(a) and we are required to identify those Reporting Persons who failed to make such filings timely.  Based solely on a review of the copies of any such filings made available to us and written representations from our officers and directors, we believe that all Reporting Persons complied with the filing requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act during the year ended December 31, 2011.

Procedures for Recommending Nominees to our Board

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees to our Board since we described those procedures in our proxy statement for our 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which we filed with the SEC on August 15, 2011.

 Audit Committee

The Audit Committee of the Board is a standing committee of our Board and currently consists of Max E. Link, Ph.D., Bruce A. Peacock, and Marvin E. Rosenthale, Ph.D.  The primary functions of the Audit Committee include:

 
·
overseeing our financial statements, system of internal controls, auditing, accounting and financial reporting processes;
 
·
providing an independent, direct communication between the Board of Directors and internal auditors;
 
·
appointing, compensating, evaluating and, when appropriate, replacing independent auditors;
 
·
overseeing our tax compliance;
 
·
reviewing with management and our independent auditors the annual audit plan;
 
·
reviewing the Audit Committee Charter;
 
·
reviewing and pre-approving audit and permissible non-audit services; and
 
·
reviewing and approving all related-party transactions.

The Audit Committee is also responsible for addressing matters of accounting policy with our independent accountants.  In discharging its role, the Audit Committee is empowered to investigate any matter brought to its attention and has full access to all of our books, records, facilities and personnel.  The Audit Committee also has the power to retain such legal, accounting and other advisors as it deems necessary to carry out its duties.

The Board has adopted a written Audit Committee Charter.  The composition and responsibilities of the Audit Committee and the attributes of its members, as reflected in its Charter, are intended to be in accordance with applicable listing requirements of The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) and the rules of the SEC for corporate audit committees.  All members of our Audit Committee are “independent” as defined in Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and the financial sophistication requirements of the SEC rules and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(c)(2)(A).  The Board has determined that Max E. Link, Ph.D. is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under SEC rules.  See, Dr. Link’s biographical information in “Directors of the Company”, above.

 
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ITEM 11.

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

Named Executive Officers

The following table summarizes, for the years 2011 and 2010, the compensation of (1) the individual who was serving as our principal executive officer during 2011 and (2) the two most highly-compensated executive officers (other than the principal executive officer) who were serving as executive officers on December 31, 2011 ranked by their total compensation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, to whom we collectively refer herein as our “Named Executive Officers.”

To improve readability, the following columns have been removed from the table as there is no reportable information with respect to these items: “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” and “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings.”

Name and Principal Position
  
Year
  
Salary
($)
    
Bonus
($)
    
Stock
Award
($)(1)
    
Option
Award
($) (2)
    
All Other
Comp.
($)
    
Total
($)
  
                                         
W. Thomas Amick
  
2011
   $ 400,000     $ 15,000     $ –     $ 584,200     $ 84,722 (4)   $ 1,083,922  
Chairman of the Board and
  
2010
     330,333 (3)     –       92,000       4,257       44,961 (4)     471,551  
Chief Executive Officer
                                                    
                                                     
John G. Cooper
  
2011
     325,000       15,000       –       365,125       16,500       721,625  
President, Chief Financial
  
2010
     313,375       50,000 (5)     66,000       –       8,250       437,625  
Officer and Treasurer
                                                    
                                                     
Thomas F. Miller
  
2011
     300,000       40,000       –       292,100       16,500       648,600  
Senior Vice President and
  
2010
     267,708       –       49,500       –       8,250       325,458  
Chief Operating Officer
                                                    
 
(1)
Represents the fair value of the stock awards as of the date of grant, computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (ASC Topic 718), “Stock Compensation.”  The assumptions that we utilized are described in Note 11, “Stock Options and Stock-based Employee Compensation,” to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011, in the Form 10-K.  The date of the grant to Messrs. Cooper and Miller was September 27, 2010.  The date of the grant to Mr. Amick was October 18, 2010.  As of December 31, 2011, the amounts reported in the table had not been paid to, nor realized by, the Named Executive Officer; however, these awards vested on March 6, 2012, upon the issuance by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a marketing approval with respect to our New Drug Application (NDA) for SURFAXIN® for the prevention of RDS in premature infants at high risk of RDS (the “SURFAXIN Approval”).  As a result, Messrs, Amick and Cooper and Dr. Miller realized income of $100,001, $75,000, and $56,250, respectively.   Pursuant to the terms of the respective grants, The SURFAXIN approval was the earliest to occur of the following vesting events:  (i) the second anniversary of the date of grant; (ii) the date of the SURFAXIN Approval, or (iii) the effective date of a strategic alliance, collaboration agreement or other similar arrangement for the development and/or commercialization of SURFAXIN, SURFAXIN LS™ or AEROSURF®; with the additional condition that the awardee be actively providing services to us on the vesting date.

(2)
Represents the grant date fair value of the stock options computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718.  The assumptions that we utilized are described in Note 11, “Stock Options and Stock-based Employee Compensation,” to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011, in the Form 10-K.  The amounts reported in the table have not been paid to, nor realized by, the Named Executive Officer.  The Compensation Committee approved on October 7, 2011, a grant to Messrs. Amick and Cooper and Dr. Miller of an option to purchase 400,000, 250,000 shares and 200,000 shares, respectively, with an exercise price of $1.83; and on July 7, 2010, a grant to Mr. Amick of an option to purchase 2,000 shares at an exercise price of $2.70.  All options granted in 2011 vest in a series of three successive equal annual installments beginning with the first year anniversary of the grant.  The options granted in 2010 to Mr. Amick vested on the first anniversary, July 7, 2011.  All options have a term of 10 years.

(3)
Represents $247,000 paid in 2010 under the terms of the Interim CEO Agreement (as defined below), and an additional $83,333 in salary paid in 2010 under an Executive Employment Agreement.
 
(4)
This amount includes temporary living expenses for 2011 and 2010, of $63,422 and $12,617, respectively. Total Director compensation paid to Mr. Amick in 2010 was $31,500.

(5)
Represents a special bonus awarded at the time that Mr. Cooper was elected President to acknowledge his executive management responsibility and efforts during the transition from the departure of our former President and Chief Executive Officer through Mr. Amick’s tenure as Interim Chief Executive Officer.
 
 
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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2011

The following table shows the number of shares covered by exercisable and unexercisable options and unvested restricted stock awards (including grants that vest contingently upon the occurrence of a specified milestone) held by the Named Executive Officers on December 31, 2011.  The market values reported below were computed on the basis of the closing market price of our stock on Nasdaq on December 30, 2011 of $1.68.

To improve readability, the following columns have been removed from the table as there is no reportable information with respect to these items: “Option Awards – Equity Incentive Plan Awards: No. of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options”, “Stock Awards: Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested”, and “– Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested”.

   
Option Awards
  
Stock Awards (RSAs)
  
Named
Executive
Officer
  
No. of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options –
Exercisable
    
No. of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options –
Unexercisable
    
Option
Exercise
Price ($)*
  
Option
Expiration
Date
  
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards: No. of
Unearned
Shares, Units or
Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested
    
Market or Payout
Value of
Unearned Shares,
Units or Other
Rights That Have
Not Vested ($)
  
W. Thomas Amick
     1,667 (1)         $ 156.45  
3/23/14
         $ –  
      2,000 (1)           130.95  
9/14/14
              
      1,667 (1)           94.20  
5/13/15
              
      2,000 (1)           23.85  
6/8/16
              
      2,667 (1)           49.05  
6/21/17
              
      2,000 (1)           30.45  
6/11/18
              
      4,000 (1)           7.35  
9/3/19
              
      2,000 (1)           2.70  
7/7/20
              
              400,000 (7)     1.83  
10/7/21
              
                                26,667 (8)     44,801  
John G. Cooper
     7,000 (2)             25.80  
6/27/12
                
      2,000 (2)             28.35  
11/5/12
                
      5,333 (4)             41.25  
12/13/12
                
      5,333 (3)             121.19  
9/12/13
                
      13,333 (5)             137.55  
12/15/13
                
      5,000 (6)             97.05  
8/12/14
                
      5,000 (5)             135.30  
12/17/14
                
      3,333 (2)             105.15  
1/3/16
                
      16,666 (2)             33.75  
5/17/16
                
      13,333 (2)             36.90  
12/15/16
                
      10,667 (2)             49.05  
6/21/17
                
      10,000 (2)             39.15  
12/11/17
                
      8,889 (7)             18.15  
12/12/18
                
      17,778 (7)             28.95  
12/12/18
                
              250,000 (7)     1.83  
   10/7/21
                
                                20,000 (8)     33,600  
 
   
Option Awards
  
Stock Awards (RSAs)
  
Named
Executive
Officer
  
No. of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options –
Exercisable
    
No. of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options –
Unexercisable
    
Option
Exercise
Price ($)*
  
Option
Expiration
Date
  
Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards: No. of
Unearned
Shares, Units or
Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested
    
Market or Payout
Value of
Unearned Shares,
Units or Other
Rights That Have
Not Vested ($)
  
Thomas F. Miller
     2,333 (7)           118.50  
8/31/14
                
      1,666 (5)           135.30  
12/17/14
                
      2,000 (2)           100.35  
6/10/15
                
      2,333 (2)           105.15  
1/3/16
                
      4,667 (2)           21.00  
6/12/16
                
      1,000 (2)           29.85  
7/6/16
                
      6,667 (2)           36.90  
12/15/16
                
      5,333 (2)           49.05  
6/21/17
                
      7,334 (2)           39.15  
12/11/17
                
      3,333 (7)           18.15  
12/12/18
                
      6,666 (7)           28.95  
12/12/18
                
              250,000 (7)     1.83  
10/7/21
                
                                15,000 (8)     25,200  
 
*
The Option Exercise Price has been adjusted where applicable to reflect the 1-15 reverse stock split effective December 28, 2010.

(1)
These options vested and became exercisable on the first anniversary of the date of grant, and expire, as listed above, on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.

(2)
These options vested and became exercisable in four equal installments on the date of grant and the next three anniversaries of the date of grant, and expire, as listed above, on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.

(3)
These options vested and became exercisable as follows: one fourth on the date of grant and thereafter in 24 equal installments at the close of each of the following 24 months.  These options expire, as listed above, on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.

(4)
These options vested and became exercisable on December 13, 2006.  The options expire, as listed above, on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.

(5)
As granted, these options vested and became exercisable as follows: one fourth on the date of grant and thereafter in 36 equal installments at the close of each of the following 36 months.  In December 2005, the Compensation Committee accelerated the vesting of all stock options that at the time had an exercise price of $135.30 or greater, subject to a written “lock-up” agreement, which has since expired. The options expire, as listed above, on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.

(6)
These options vested and became exercisable as follows: one fourth on the date of grant and thereafter in 36 equal installments at the close of each of the following 36 months.  These options expire, as listed above, on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.

(7)
These options vest and become exercisable in three equal installments on the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, and expire, as listed above, on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant.

(8)
These RSAs vested on March 6, 2012, the date of the SURFAXIN Approval, which was the earliest to occur of the following vesting events: (i) the second anniversary of the date of grant; (ii) the date of the SURFAXIN Approval, and (iii) the effective date of a strategic alliance, collaboration agreement or other similar arrangement for the development and/or commercialization of SURFAXIN, SURFAXIN LS or AEROSURF; with the additional condition that the awardee be actively providing services to us on the vesting date.
 
 
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Retirement Benefits

During 2011, none of our Named Executive Officers participated in any plan that provides for the payment of retirement benefits, or benefits that will be paid primarily following retirement, other than our 401(k) savings plan (“401(k) Plan”). Under the 401(k) Plan, eligible employees (as defined in the 401(k) Plan) may elect to make pre-tax deferrals or Roth deferrals up to 70% of annual compensation (which is limited for this purpose in 2011 to $245,000, but in any event not more than $16,500). The 401(k) Plan also permits (i) rollover contributions and (ii) catch up contributions by employees over the age of 50. Under the 401(k), we may make matching contributions, which in 2011 equaled 100% of an employee’s deferred compensation, paid quarterly in the form of shares of our common stock determined by reference to the lower of (i) the average closing price of shares of our common stock on all trading days in the applicable quarter, or (ii) the closing price of our common stock on the last trading day of the quarter.
 
Participant contributions are fully vested when made.  Employer contributions generally vest in full over the first three years of service (as defined in the 401(k) Plan), with 34% vesting upon the anniversary of the first year of service, 33% vesting upon the anniversary of the second year of service, and 33% vesting upon the anniversary of the third year of service, provided, that a participant may not dispose of any shares of our common stock representing the employer contribution until all shares are fully vested at the end of the third year of service.  The 401(k) Plan does not permit the acquisition or holding of employer securities, other than the shares of our common stock credited to participant accounts to satisfy the employer match.  The 401(k) Plan contains standard provisions covering breaks in service, payment of expenses out of plan assets, hardship distributions, and distributions upon termination of employment, including retirement.

The 401(k) plan is intended to be a qualified plan under the rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service.  We act as Plan Administrator, the trustee and custodian of plan assets is The Charles Schwab Trust Company and the third party administrator is Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group.  As Administrator, and with the assistance of Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group, we determine the list of funds that will be made available to participants, who then direct the investment of their participant account balances among those funds.  In addition, participants may elect to place their entire plan assets (other than shares of our common stock from the employer match that are not vested) in a self-directed brokerage account with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Executive Employment Agreements

Interim Chief Executive Officer Agreement

Following the resignation of our former President, Chief Executive Officer and Board member in August 2009, the Board approved the election of Mr. Amick, then Chairman of the Board, to serve as our Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis and, in September 2009, approved a non-employee executive agreement (the “Interim CEO Agreement”) with Mr. Amick.  Under the Interim CEO Agreement, Mr. Amick agreed to devote, on a part-time basis, such of his business time, attention and efforts as reasonably necessary to the proper performance of his duties, which we expected would involve on average two days per week.  Under the Interim CEO Agreement, we paid Mr. Amick monthly compensation at a rate of $3,000 per day for two days per week, payable in arrears at the beginning of the following calendar month.  In addition, on September 3, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Board authorized a grant to Mr. Amick under the 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan (2007 Plan) of options to purchase 4,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $7.35 per share.  The option grant, in part, replaced an automatic grant of options to purchase 2,000 shares of our common stock that Mr. Amick would have received under the 2007 Plan as a non-executive Chairman of the Board.  These options vested in full on the first anniversary of the date of grant.  Effective as of June 30, 2010, the Board approved an extension of the Interim CEO Agreement through June 30, 2011 and on July 7, 2010, the Compensation Committee of the Board authorized an additional grant of options to Mr. Amick to purchase 2,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $2.70 per share.  This summary of the Interim CEO Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Interim CEO Agreement, which is attached to our Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed with the SEC on September 4, 2009.  On October 15, 2010, the Board appointed Mr. Amick as our Chief Executive Officer and, effective October 18, 2010, the Interim CEO Agreement was terminated, Mr. Amick became a full time employee, and we also entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Amick.  On August 11, 2011, we amended Mr. Amick’s employment agreement to extend the term to May 4, 2012, subject to automatic renewals as provided in the agreement, the terms of which are discussed below.
 
 
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Executive Agreements

We have entered into employment agreements (the “Executive Agreements”) with Messrs. Amick, Cooper and Miller on substantially similar terms.  The Executive Agreements will expire on May 4, 2012.  The Executive Agreements would have renewed automatically for an additional one-year term; however, on February 3, 2012, at the direction of the Compensation Committee and in accordance with the terms of the Executive Agreements, we provided notice of non-renewal.  The Compensation Committee plans to enter into new employment agreements with our key executives prior to the expiration of the Executive Agreements.

The expiring Executive Agreements include a 12-month post-employment noncompetition agreement and provide for confidentiality and the assignment of all intellectual property rights to us.  As of March 31, 2012, the base salaries under the Executive Agreements for Messrs. Amick, Cooper and Miller are $400,000, $325,000, and $300,000, respectively.  The Executive Agreements also provide for the following benefits:

 
·
Upon termination by us without Cause or by the executive for Good Reason, as defined in the Executive Agreements, the executive is entitled to: a lump sum payment that is equal to one and one half times the sum, for Messrs Amick and Cooper,  and one time the sum, for Dr. Miller, of his base salary then in effect and the largest annual cash bonus received by the executive with respect to the three fiscal years immediately preceding the date of termination (the “Highest Annual Bonus”) for; continuation of health benefits (or their equivalent) for the executive and the members of the executive’s family who were participating in our health and welfare plans at the time of termination for a period of one and one-half years, for Messrs Amick and Cooper, and a period of one year, for Dr. Miller, following the date of termination, reduced to the extent that a subsequent employer provides the executive with substantially similar coverage (on a benefit-by-benefit basis).

 
·
Upon termination in connection with a “change in control” as that term is defined in the Executive Agreements (“Change in Control”), the executive is entitled to: a lump sum payment that is equal to, for Messrs Amick and Cooper,  two and one half times the sum, and for Dr. Miller, two times the sum, of his base salary then in effect and the Highest Annual Bonus preceding the Change in Control; continuation of health benefits (or their equivalent) for the executive and the members of the executive’s family who were participating in our health and welfare plans at the time of termination for a period of two and one-half years, for Messrs Amick and Cooper, and a period of two years, for Dr. Miller, following the date of termination, reduced to the extent that a subsequent employer provides the executive with substantially similar coverage (on a benefit-by-benefit basis)

 
·
Upon termination by us without Cause or by the executive for Good Reason, or in the event of Change in Control, in each case as defined in the Executive Agreements, the executive is entitled to: a pro rata bonus payable in a lump sum payment that is equal to the Highest Annual Bonus immediately preceding the Change in Control or termination, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days the executive was employed by us in the current fiscal year and the denominator of which is 365; outplacement counseling assistance in the form of reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred by the executive within 12 months following the date of termination, up to a maximum amount of $40,000; to the extent that the executive is subject to certain excise taxes under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, reimbursement of those excise taxes; and any additional federal, state, local and excise tax resulting from such gross-up payments and accelerated vesting of unvested stock options and restricted stock and other awards, if any, under our Equity and Long-Term Incentive Plans.

 
·
Upon a Change in Control and assuming the executive remains employed with the acquirer, the executive’s annual bonus in each of the two fiscal years immediately following the Change in Control must be at least equal to the Highest Annual Bonus preceding the Change in Control.  In addition, a termination is considered “termination in connection with a change of control” if the executive’s employment is terminated other than for cause or by the executive for Good Reason during the 24 months following the change of control.

 
·
In addition, Mr. Amick is entitled to reimbursement of certain expenses associated with travel, housing and other incidentals, to be paid in accordance with guidelines of the Internal Revenue Service.  Mr. Amick is entitled to tax gross-up payments for these transition expenses.  For the year ended December 31, 2010, Mr. Amick was paid transition expense reimbursements of $7,977.14 and tax gross-up payments of $4,640.  For the year ended December 31, 2011, Mr. Amick was paid transition expense reimbursements of $39,259 and tax gross-up payments of $24,163.   For the period from January 1, 2011 through May 3, 2012, we have agreed to reimburse Mr. Amick for expenses associated with travel, local housing and other incidentals, exclusive of any gross-up, in amounts not to exceed $55,025.
 
 
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Director Compensation

During 2011, each of our non-employee directors received cash compensation for his services in the amount of $4,500 per quarter.  Directors who are also employees are not compensated separately for serving on the Board or any of its committees.  In addition, we pay our non-employee directors the following additional amounts, as applicable: (i) $1,000 per quarter for each director who served on one or more of the standing committees; (ii) $500 per quarter for each director who served as Chairman of any of the standing committees; and (iii) $6,000 per quarter to a non-employee Chairman of the Board.  The following chart summarizes the cash compensation paid to our non-employee directors during the year ended December 31, 2011.  To improve readability, the following columns have been removed from the table as there is no reportable information with respect to these items: “Stock Awards”, “Non-Equity Incentive Compensation”, “Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings”, and “All Other Compensation.”

Name
  
Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
    
Option Awards
    
Total
  
                   
Antonio Esteve, Ph.D.
   $ 18,000     $ –     $ 18,000  
Max E. Link, Ph.D.
     24,000       –       24,000  
Bruce A. Peacock
     23,872       –       23,872  
Marvin E. Rosenthale, Ph.D.
     24,000       –       24,000  

Directors also are entitled to expense reimbursements for their travel, lodging and other expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of the Board, Board Committee meetings and related activities.

Pursuant to our charter documents, we indemnify our directors to the maximum extent permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.  In addition, we have entered into indemnity agreements with Messrs. Amick and Peacock and certain of our executive officers that provide, among other things, that we will indemnify them under the circumstances and to the extent provided for therein, for expenses, damages, judgments, fines and settlements he or she may be required to pay in actions or proceedings to which he or she is or may be made a party by reason of his or her position as a director, officer, or other agent of ours, and otherwise to the fullest extent permitted under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and our Amended and Restated By-Laws (“By-Laws”).

 
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ITEM 12.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The following table describes as of December 31, 2011 the number of shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options.  As there are no equity incentive plans not approved by security holders (other than our 401(k) Plan under which the company match is made in shares of our common stock), that line of the table has been omitted.

Plan Category
  
Number of Securities to
be Issued Upon
Exercise of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
(a)
    
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
(b) (4)
    
Number of Securities Remaining
Available for Future Issuance
Under Equity Compensation
Plans (Excluding Securities
Reflected in Column (a))
(c)
  
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
                  
                   
2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan
     1,709,000     $ 1.83       2,105,876  
                         
2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan(1)
     296,946 (2)   $ 24.56          
                         
Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (3)
     432,105     $ 77.27          
                         
Total
     2,438,051     $ 17.97       2,105,876  
 
(1)
The 2007 Plan terminated on the effective date of the 2011 Plan.  All shares that were available under the 2007 Plan, including any that are expired, forfeited or otherwise returnable to the Plan are transferred to and become available for grant under the 2011 Plan.  All awards granted under the 2007 Plan continue to be governed by the terms of the 2007 Plan and the award agreements.
(2)
Does not include 128,334 shares of common stock under RSAs issued to employees subject to vesting conditions in 2010 that had not vested as of December 31, 2011.  The shares  vested on March 6, 2012, the date of SURFAXIN Approval, in accordance with the terms of the RSAs.  See, note 1 to the Summary Compensation Table.
(3)
The 1998 Plan expired on the effective date of the 2007 Plan.  All awards granted under the 1998 Plan continue to be governed by the terms of the 1998 Plan and the award agreements.
(4)
The Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights has been adjusted where applicable to reflect the 1-15 reverse stock split effective December 28, 2010.
 
 
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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
 
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock (i) as of March 31, 2012, by each of our Named Executive Officers and directors listed in the chart below and by all executive officers and directors as a group, and (ii) as of March 21, 2012, by each person or entity known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the outstanding shares of our common stock.  The address of each person is c/o Discovery Laboratories, Inc., 2600 Kelly Road, Suite 100, Warrington, Pennsylvania 18976-3622, unless otherwise indicated.
 
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner (1)
  
Common
Stock
    
Common Stock
Equivalents (2)
    
Total Beneficial
Ownership
    
Percentage of Class
Beneficially Owned (1)
  
Non-Executive Directors
                        
                         
Antonio Esteve, Ph.D. (3)
     213,779       15,666       229,445       *  
                                 
Max E. Link, Ph.D.
     11,121       14,333       25,454       *  
                                 
Bruce A. Peacock
     –       2,667       2,667       *  
                                 
Marvin E. Rosenthale, Ph.D.(4)
     23,333       14,333       37,666       *  
                                 
Named Executive Officers
                                
                                 
W. Thomas Amick
     39,947       18,001       57,948       *  
                                 
John G. Cooper
     36,927       123,665       160,592       *  
                                 
Thomas F. Miller
     29,570       43,332       72,902       *  
                                 
Executive Officers and Directors as a group (14 persons)
     485,805       372,662       858,467       1.96 %
                                 
No 5% Security Holders
                                
* Less than 1%
                                
 
 
(1) 
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and includes voting and investment power with respect to shares of common stock.  Shares of common stock, and shares of common stock subject to options or warrants currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after March 31, 2012 held by each person or group named above, are deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of the person or group holding such options or warrants, but are not deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person or group.
 
(2) 
Common Stock Equivalents include shares of common stock subject to options or warrants currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after March 31, 2012 held by each person or group named above.
 
(3) 
Beneficial ownership of common stock includes 192,294 shares owned by Laboratorios Esteve, 21,144 shares owned by Laboratorios P.E.N., S.A., an affiliate of Laboratorios Esteve, and 341 shares owned directly by Dr. Esteve.  Common Stock Equivalents includes 15,666 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options held by Dr. Esteve.  As a consequence of Dr. Esteve’s relationship with Laboratorios Esteve, including, serving as President of Laboratorios Esteve, he may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares owned by Laboratorios Esteve and Laboratorios P.E.N.
 
(4) 
Total beneficial ownership shown in the table includes 8,333 shares as to which Dr. Rosenthale disclaims beneficial ownership of shares held by his spouse.
 
ITEM 13.

Transactions between the Company and Related Parties
 
We did not enter into any new transactions with any related party in the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.  In connection with an existing loan that we made to David L. Lopez, our former executive officer, in 2000 as part of an incentive for Mr. Lopez to relocate to our headquarters in Warrington, PA, the largest aggregate amount of principal outstanding during 2011 and through March 31, 2012 was $173,878.11.   Per the terms of a separation agreement with the company, the full amount outstanding under the loan has been repaid.
 
Director Independence
 
The Board presently consists of five members, one of whom also serves as our Chief Executive Officer. Presently, Mr. Peacock and Drs. Link and Rosenthale are “independent” directors within the meaning of the rules of the SEC and the Nasdaq qualitative listing requirements. Each director who serves on a standing committee, including the Compensation Committee, the Nomination and Governance Committee and the Audit Committee, is considered to be by the Board to be “independent” within the meaning of the SEC rules and the Nasdaq listing requirements.
 
 
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ITEM 14.

Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, Non-Audit Fees, Tax Fees and Other Fees
 
The following table presents fees for professional audit services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, fees for the review of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q during these periods and fees for other services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP during those periods:
 
Fee Category:
  
Fiscal 2011
    
% of Total
    
Fiscal 2010
    
% of Total
  
                         
Audit Fees
   $ 232,000       74 %   $ 230,000       57 %
Audit-Related Fees
     58,000       18 %     130,000       32 %
                                 
Tax Fees
     26,500       8 %     26,000       7 %
                                 
All Other Fees
     –       –       15,000       4 %
Total Fees
   $ 316,500       100 %   $ 401,000       100 %
 
Audit Fees are fees that we paid to Ernst & Young LLP for: the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements and the review of the consolidated financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

Audit- Related Fees are fees for services related to registration statements and other offering memoranda. Included in the Fiscal 2010 costs are activities related to the restatement of our consolidated financial statements for the periods ended from June 30, 2009 through June 30, 2010 that we filed in November 2010 to reclassify certain warrants as derivative liabilities instead of equity.

Tax Fees consisted of tax compliance/preparation and other tax services.  No portion of these tax fees related to financial information or operational system design or implementation services.
 
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The Audit Committee pre-approves specified audit and non-audit services to be provided by our independent auditors prior to the engagement of our independent auditors.  With respect to other audit and non-audit services, a designated member of the Audit Committee has the authority to approve any additional audit services and permissible non-audit services, provided the Chairman of the Audit Committee informs the Audit Committee of such approval at its next regularly scheduled meeting.  Our Chief Financial Officer monitors the performance of all services rendered by our independent auditors, determines whether such services are within the list of pre-approved services and informs the Audit Committee on a timely basis of any such services.
 
 
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On an ongoing basis, our Chief Financial Officer, together with our independent auditor, is responsible to submit to the Audit Committee all requests for approval of services that require a specific pre-approval.  The Audit Committee reviews these requests and advises management and the independent auditors if the Audit Committee pre-approves the engagement of the independent auditors for such projects and services.  On a periodic basis, management reports to the Audit Committee the actual spending for such projects and services compared to the approved amounts.  The Audit Committee may delegate the ability to pre-approve audit and permitted non-audit services to a sub-committee of the Audit Committee, provided that any such pre-approvals are reported at the next Audit Committee meeting.

PART IV
 
ITEM 15.

The consolidated financial statements required to be filed in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are included in Part II, Item 8 of the Form 10-K.

Exhibits are listed on the Index to Exhibits at the end of this Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-K.  The exhibits required to be filed pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K, which are listed on the Index in response to this Item, are incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
DISCOVERY LABORATORIES, INC.
     
Date: April 27, 2012 By:
/s/ W. Thomas Amick
    W. Thomas Amick
    Chairman of the Board and
    Chief Executive Officer
 
 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are included with this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.

Exhibit No.
  
Description
  
Method of Filing
         
3.1
  
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (Discovery), as amended as of and October 3, 2011
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Discovery's Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on October 3, 2011.
         
3.2
  
Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock of Discovery, dated February 6, 2004
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Discovery’s Form 8-A, as filed with the SEC on February 6, 2004.
         
3.3
  
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Discovery, as amended effective September 3, 2009
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on September 4, 2009.
         
4.1
  
Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2004, by and between Discovery and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on February 6, 2004.
         
4.2
  
Class C Investor Warrant, dated April 17, 2006, issued to Kingsbridge Capital Limited
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on April 21, 2006.
         
4.3
  
Warrant Agreement, dated November 22, 2006
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on November 22, 2006.
         
4.4
  
Warrant Agreement dated May 22, 2008 by and between Kingsbridge Capital Limited and Discovery
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on May 28, 2008.
         
4.5
  
Warrant Agreement dated December 12, 2008 by and between Kingsbridge Capital Limited and Discovery
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on December 15, 2008.
         
4.6
  
Form of Stock Purchase Warrant issued in May 2009
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on May 8, 2009.
         
4.7
  
Form of Stock Purchase Warrant issued in February 2010
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on February 18, 2010.
         
4.8
  
Warrant Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2010, by and between Discovery and PharmaBio
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010.
 
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
  
Method of Filing
         
4.9
  
Warrant Agreement dated June 11, 2010 by and between Kingsbridge Capital Limited and Discovery
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on June 14, 2010.
         
4.10
  
Form of Five-Year Warrant issued on June 22, 2010
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on June 17, 2010.
         
4.11
  
Form of Short-Term Warrant issued on June 22, 2010
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on June 17, 2010.
         
4.12
  
Warrant Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2010, by and between Discovery and PharmaBio
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on October 13, 2010.
         
4.13.
  
Form of Voting Agreement between RSA Holders and Discovery dated November 12, 2010
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2010, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2011.
         
4.14
  
Form of Five-Year Warrant issued on February 22, 2011
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on February 16, 2011.
         
4.15
  
Form of Short Term Warrant issued on February 22, 2011
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on February 16, 2011.
         
10.1+
 
  
Sublicense Agreement, dated as of October 28, 1996, between Johnson & Johnson, Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation and Acute Therapeutics, Inc.
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Discovery’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2/A, as filed with the SEC on April 18, 1997 (Commission File Number 333-19375).
         
10.2
  
Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 16, 1998, among Discovery, Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation and The Scripps Research Institute
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1998, as filed with the SEC on April 9, 1999.
         
10.3 +
  
Amended and Restate License Agreement by and between Discovery and Philip Morris USA Inc., d/b/a/ Chrysalis Technologies, dated March 28, 2008
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, as filed with the SEC on May 9, 2008.
         
10.4 +
  
License Agreement by and between Discovery and Philip Morris Products S.A., dated March 28, 2008
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, as filed with the SEC on May 9, 2008.
 
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
  
Method of Filing
         
10.5*
  
Form of Notice of Grant of Stock Option under the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, as filed with the SEC on November 17, 1999.
         
10.6*
  
Discovery’s 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on June 28, 2007.
         
10.7*
  
Form of 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan Stock Option Agreement
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, as filed with the SEC on August 9, 2007.
         
10.8*
  
Form of Stock Issuance Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2007, between Discovery and the Grantees
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on November 5, 2007.
         
10.9*
  
Form of Restricted Stock Award (RSA) Agreement dated September 27, 2010
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on October 1, 2010.
         
10.10*
 
  
Form of 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan Stock Option Agreement
  
Incorporated by reference to Appendix II to Discovery’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A, as filed with the SEC on August 15, 2012 (Commission File Number 000-26422).
         
10.11*
  
Renewal of Interim CEO Agreement dated July 2, 2010 between W. Thomas Amick and Discovery
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated June 30, 2010, as filed with the SEC on August 9, 2010.
         
10.12*
  
Employment Agreement dated as of October 18, 2010 between Discovery and W. Thomas Amick
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, as filed with the SEC on November 15, 2010.
         
10.13*
  
Amendment dated August 11, 2011 to the Employment Agreement dated as of October 18, 2010 between Discovery and W. Thomas Amick
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, as filed with the SEC on August 15, 2011.
         
10.14*
  
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2006, by and between Discovery and John G. Cooper
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2006.
         
10.15*
  
Amendment dated January 3, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of May 4, 2006 between Discovery and John G. Cooper
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on January 3, 2008.
 
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
  
Method of Filing
         
10.16*
  
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2006, by and between Discovery and Thomas F. Miller
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on April 27, 2007.
         
 
Amendment dated December 12, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of June 12, 2006 between Discovery and Thomas F. Miller
  
Filed herewith.
         
10.18+
 
  
Amended and Restated Sublicense and Collaboration Agreement made as of December 3, 2004, between Discovery and Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2005.
         
10.19+
  
Amended and Restated Supply Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2004, by and between Discovery and Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2005.
         
10.20
 
  
Assignment of Lease and Termination and Option Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2005, between Laureate Pharma, Inc. and Discovery
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006.
         
10.21
  
Lease Agreement dated May 26, 2004, and First Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated April 2, 2007, by and between TR Stone Manor Corp. and Discovery Laboratories, Inc.
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on April 6, 2007.
         
10.21
 
  
Payment Agreement and Loan Amendment (amending the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2001, amended and restated as of October 25, 2006) dated April 27, 2010, by and between Discovery and PharmaBio
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010.
         
10.22
  
Third Amended Promissory Note dated April 27, 2010 (amending and restating the Second Amended Promissory Note dated as of October 25, 2006), payable to PharmaBio
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010.
         
10.23
  
Securities Purchase Agreement dated April 27, 2010, by and between Discovery and PharmaBio
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.3 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010.
         
10.24
  
Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 12, 2010 by and between PharmaBio and Discovery
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on October 13, 2010.
         
10.25
  
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2008, by and between Kingsbridge Capital and Discovery
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on May 27, 2008.
 
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
  
Method of Filing
         
10.26
  
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2008, by and between Kingsbridge Capital and Discovery
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on December 15, 2008.
         
10.27
  
Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of June 11, 2010, by and between Kingsbridge Capital Limited and Discovery.
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on June 14, 2010.
         
10.28+
  
Supply Agreement dated as of December 22, 2010 between by and between Corden Pharma (formerly Genzyme Pharmaceuticals LLC) and Discovery
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on December 29, 2010.
         
10.29*
  
Separation of Employment Agreement and General Release between Discovery and David L. Lopez, Esq., C.P.A.
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on July 18, 2011.
         
10.30
  
Sales Agency Agreement dated December 14, 2011, between Discovery and Lazard Capital Markets LLC
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on December 14, 2011.
         
21.1
  
Subsidiaries of Discovery
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
         
23.1
  
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 23.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
         
31.1
  
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act
 
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 31.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
         
31.2
  
Certification of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 31.2 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
         
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act
  
Filed herewith.
         
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act
  
Filed herewith.
 
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
  
Method of Filing
         
32.1
  
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 32.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
         
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  
Filed herewith.
         
101.1
  
The following consolidated financial statements from the Discovery Laboratories, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, formatted in Extensive Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”): (i) Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, (ii) Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, (iii) Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, (iv) Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, and (v) Notes to consolidated financial statements.
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 101.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
         
101.INS
  
Instance Document
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 101.INS to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
         
101.SCH
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 101.SCH to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
         
101.CAL
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 101.CAL to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
         
101.DEF
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 101.DEF to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
         
101.LAB
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 101.LAB to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
 
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
  
Method of Filing
         
101.PRE
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 101.PRE to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2011.
 
+       Confidential treatment requested as to certain portions of these exhibits.  Such portions have been redacted and filed separately with the Commission.
 
*       A management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit to this annual report pursuant to Item 15(b) of Form 10-K.
 
 
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ex10_17.htm
Exhibit 10.17

December 12, 2008
 
Thomas Miller, Ph.D.
c/o Discovery Laboratories, Inc.
2600 Kelly Road
Suite 100
Warrington, PA 18976
 
Re:           Amendment to Employment Agreement
 
Dear Dr. Miller,

This amendment is attached to and made part of the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of June 12, 2006 between you and Discovery Laboratories, Inc., as amended (the “Agreement”).  Effective as of the date hereof the parties hereby agree that certain provisions of the Agreement are revised as set forth below.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms as set forth in the Agreement.

Section 2 of the Agreement is hereby amended to provide (i) that the Term of the Agreement shall continue through May 3, 2010, and (ii) that, commencing on May 4, 2010, and on each May 4th thereafter, the Term of the Agreement shall automatically be extended for one additional year, except in the event of notice as provided for therein.

Except as amended herein, the remaining terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.  This addendum confirms an agreement between you and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and is a material part of the consideration stated in the Agreement and mutual promises made in connection therewith.  Please indicate your acceptance of the terms contained herein by signing both copies of this amendment, retaining one copy for your records, and forwarding the remaining copy to the Company.
 
DISCOVERY LABORATORIES, INC.
 
By: 
 /s/ Robert J. Capetola  
Name:  Robert J. Capetola, Ph.D.  
Title: President and CEO  
     
Accepted and Agreed to:
     
  /s/ Thomas Miller  
Name:  Thomas Miller, Ph.D.  
 
 
ex31_3.htm
Exhibit 31.3
 
CERTIFICATIONS

I, W. Thomas Amick, certify that:

1.     I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 of Discovery Laboratories, Inc.; and

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

Date:  April 27, 2012
 /s/ W. Thomas Amick 
  W. Thomas Amick
  Chairman of the Board
  and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
ex31_4.htm
Exhibit 31.4
 
CERTIFICATIONS

I, John G. Cooper, certify that:

1.     I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 of Discovery Laboratories, Inc.; and

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

Date:  April 27, 2012
 /s/ John G. Cooper
  John G. Cooper
  President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
ex32_2.htm
Exhibit 32.2
 
CERTIFICATIONS

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, each of the undersigned officers of Discovery Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby certifies that our Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: April 27, 2012
  
   
/s/ W. Thomas Amick
  
W. Thomas Amick
  
Chairman of the Board
  
and Chief Executive Officer
  
   
/s/ John G. Cooper   
John G. Cooper
  
President and Chief Financial Officer
  
 
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the SEC or its staff upon request.
 
This certification is being furnished pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section.  This certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.