NEW YORK, June 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Juan E. Monteverde, a partner at Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities firm headquartered in New York City, is investigating the Board of Directors of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Auxilium" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AUXL) for potential breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with the sale of the Company to QLT Inc. ("QLT") in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $851 million. The Company's stockholders will only receive 3.1359 QLT shares for each share of Auxilium common stock they own. Ultimately, Auxilium shareholders will own 76 percent of the combined company, while QLT shareholders will own the remaining 24 percent. Auxilium will be re-incorporating to Canada.

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The investigation focuses on whether Auxilium's Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company's stockholders by failing to conduct a fair sales process and whether and by how much this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of Auxilium's shareholders.

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