GENTIUM S.P.A. SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Investors of Class Action Against Gentium S.p.A. and Its Board -- GENT

NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Levi & Korsinsky announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of holders of Gentium S.p.A. ("Gentium" or the "Company") GENT American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") as of December 19, 2013.

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The complaint is filed against Gentium, members of its Board, Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company ("Jazz"), and a Jazz subsidiary, in relation to the proposed acquisition of Gentium by Jazz. The complaint alleges that, in an attempt to secure shareholder support for Jazz's acquisition of the Company, Gentium filed a materially false and misleading Schedule 14D9 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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