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Trevena Announces Two Leading Independent Proxy Advisory Firms Recommend Shareholders Vote “FOR” All Proposals Ahead of Special Meeting of Stockholders

Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) independently recommend that Trevena shareholders vote “FOR” proposals to approve a Reverse Stock Split and Adjournment if necessary.

CHESTERBROOK, PA., August 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trevena, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRVN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel medicines for patients with central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced that Glass Lewis and ISS, two leading independent proxy advisory firms, have both recommended that Trevena shareholders vote “FOR” Proposals 1 & 2 set forth in its Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2022, in connection with its Special Meeting of Stockholders, which seek to amend Trevena’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to approve a Reverse Stock Split and an Adjournment of the Special Meeting if necessary. The Special Meeting will be held on September 8, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. ET and will be held virtually at http://www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/TRVN2022SM.

Glass Lewis and ISS are widely recognized as two of the leading independent proxy voting and corporate governance advisory firms. Their recommendations are relied upon by institutional investment firms, mutual funds, and other fiduciaries globally. Glass Lewis and ISS are independent proxy advisory firms and do not have any business relationship with Trevena. Trevena did not engage or compensate either firm for its analysis or recommendations.

Shareholders with questions may call Alliance Advisors, LLC at 833-501-4709 or by email at trevena@allianceadvisors.com.

About Trevena

Trevena, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative medicines for patients with CNS disorders. The Company has one approved product in the United States, OLINVYK^® (oliceridine) injection, indicated in adults for the management of acute pain severe enough to require an intravenous opioid analgesic and for whom alternative treatments are inadequate. The Company’s novel pipeline is based on Nobel Prize winning research and includes three differentiated investigational drug candidates: TRV045 for diabetic neuropathic pain and epilepsy, TRV250 for the acute treatment of migraine and TRV734 for maintenance treatment of opioid use disorder.

For more information, please visit www.Trevena.com

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