Echo Therapeutics Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock And Full Exercise of Over-Allotment Option by the Underwriter

Echo Therapeutics, Inc.

, a company developing its needle-free Symphony® CGM System as a non-invasive, wireless continuous glucose monitoring system, today announced the closing of a previously announced underwritten public offering of 4,025,000 shares of its common stock and the full exercise of the over-allotment option to purchase 603,750 additional shares, offered at a price to the public of $2.70 per share. The total gross proceeds to Echo from this offering are approximately $12,500,000 before deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering expenses payable by Echo. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120801/NE50071LOGO ) Aegis Capital Corp. acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering. The offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement that Echo previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and which is effective. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement may also be obtained by contacting Aegis Capital Corp., Prospectus Department, 810 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY, 10019, telephone: (212) 813-1010 or email: prospectus@aegiscap.com.