EX-32.1 5 d704250dex321.htm EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

AQUINOX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), David J. Main, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Kamran Alam, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of his knowledge:

| (1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

| (2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: May 12, 2014

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have set their hands hereto as of the 12th day of May, 2014.

/s/ David J. Main |  |  |  | /s/ Kamran Alam
David J. Main |  |  |  | Kamran Alam
President and Chief Executive Officer |  |  |  | Chief Financial Officer

This certification accompanies the Form 10-Q to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of the Form 10-Q), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.