(1) Background

NuPathe Inc. (the Company) is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of branded therapeutics for diseases of the central nervous system. Our lead product, Zecuity® (sumatriptan iontophoretic transdermal system), was approved by the FDA on January 17, 2013 for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults. The Company was incorporated in Delaware on January 7, 2005 (inception) and has its principal office in Malvern, Pennsylvania. The Company operates as a single business segment and is a development-stage company.