The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP:

To: All Persons or Entities who purchased Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Sucampo” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ GM: SCMP) stock prior to December 27, 2017.

You are hereby notified that Levi & Korsinsky, LLP has commenced an investigation into the fairness of the sale of Sucampo to Mallinckrodt plc (NYSE: MNK) for $18.00 in cash per share of Sucampo stock. To learn more about the action and your rights, go to:

http://www.zlk.com/mna/sucampo-pharmaceuticals-inc

or contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500, toll-free: (877) 363-5972. There is no cost or obligation to you.

The investigation concerns whether the Board of Sucampo breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders by failing to adequately shop the Company before agreeing to enter into this transaction, and whether Mallinckrodt plc is underpaying for Sucampo shares, thus unlawfully harming Sucampo shareholders.

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