Exhibit 10.1

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

TITAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 505

South San Francisco, California 94080

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned (the “Investor”) hereby confirms its agreement with Titan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), as follows:

1. This Subscription Agreement, including the Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Securities attached hereto as Annex I (collectively, this “Agreement”) is made as of the latest date set forth on the signature page hereto between the Company and the Investor.

2. The Company has authorized the sale and issuance to certain investors of up to an aggregate of (i) 6,517,648 shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), (ii) Series A warrants (the “Series A Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 6,517,648 shares of Common Stock in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, subject to adjustment by the Company’s Board of Directors or a committee thereof and (iii) Series B warrants (the “Series B Warrants” and together with the Series A Warrants, the “Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 6,517,648 shares of Common Stock in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, subject to adjustment by the Company’s Board of Directors or a committee thereof, for an aggregate purchase price of $0.85 per Share, Series A Warrant and Series B Warrant (the “Purchase Price”). The Investor will receive a Series A Warrant to purchase 1 share of Common Stock for each Share purchased. The Investor will receive a Series B Warrant to purchase 1 share of Common Stock for each Share purchased. The Shares and Warrants are immediately separable and will be issued separately. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are referred to herein as the “Warrant Shares” and, together with the Shares and the Warrants, are referred to herein as the “Securities”).

3. The offering and sale of the Shares and Warrants (the “Offering”) are being made pursuant to (a) an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-178656) (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), including the prospectus contained therein (the “Base Prospectus”), (b) if applicable, certain “free writing prospectuses” (as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”)), that have been or will be filed by

the Company with the Commission and delivered to the Investor on or prior to the date hereof (the “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), containing certain supplemental information regarding the Securities, the terms of the Offering and the Company and (c) a prospectus supplement (the “Prospectus Supplement” and, together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”) containing certain supplemental information regarding the Securities and terms of the Offering that has been or will be filed with the Commission and delivered to the Investor (or made available to the Investor by the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission).

4. The Company and the Investor agree that the Investor will purchase from the Company and the Company will issue and sell to the Investor the Shares and Warrants set forth below for the aggregate purchase price set forth below. The Shares and Warrants shall be purchased pursuant to the Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Securities attached hereto as Annex I and incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth herein. The Investor acknowledges that the Offering is not being underwritten by the Placement Agent (the “Placement Agent”) named in the Prospectus Supplement and that there is no minimum offering amount.

5. The manner of settlement of the Shares and Warrants purchased by the Investor shall be as follows:

A. The Shares shall be delivered by crediting the account of the Investor’s prime broker (as specified by such Investor on Exhibit A annexed hereto) with the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (“DWAC”) system, whereby Investor’s prime broker shall initiate a DWAC transaction on the Closing Date (as defined in Annex I) using its DTC participant identification number, and released by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”), at the Company’s direction. NO LATER THAN ONE (1) BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT BY THE INVESTOR AND THE COMPANY, THE INVESTOR SHALL:

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; provided, however, that, in lieu of remittance of the aggregate Purchase Price to the account described above, if the Company and Placement Agent agree (pursuant to the Placement Agreement (as defined on Annex I) or otherwise) that the funds of Investor shall be deposited in an escrow account with a commercial bank or trust company (“Escrow Account”) in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated herein, Investor shall remit by wire transfer the amount of funds equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the Shares and Warrants being purchased by the Investor to the Escrow Account in accordance with the delivery instructions provided by the Placement Agent, which funds shall be distributed pursuant to the terms of the escrow agreement between the Company and the Placement Agent which governs the Escrow Account.

IT IS THE INVESTOR’S RESPONSIBILITY TO (A) MAKE THE NECESSARY WIRE TRANSFER OR CONFIRM THE PROPER ACCOUNT BALANCE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND (B) ARRANGE FOR SETTLEMENT BY WAY OF DWAC IN A TIMELY MANNER. IF THE INVESTOR DOES NOT DELIVER THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE SHARES AND WARRANTS OR DOES NOT MAKE PROPER ARRANGEMENTS FOR SETTLEMENT IN A TIMELY MANNER, THE SHARES ANDWARRANTS WILL NOT BE DELIVERED AT CLOSING TO THE INVESTOR OR THE INVESTOR MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM THE CLOSING ALTOGETHER.

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B. [RESERVED]

C. The executed Warrants shall be delivered in physical form to the Investor by facsimile with the original by overnight courier to the address set forth on the signature page hereto.

6. The Investor represents that, except as set forth below, (a) it has had no position, office or other material relationship within the past three years with the Company or persons known to it to be affiliates of the Company, (b) it is not a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or an Associated Person (as such term is defined under the NASD Membership and Registration Rules Section 1011) as of the Closing, and (c) neither the Investor nor any group of Investors (as identified in a public filing made with the Commission) of which the Investor is a part in connection with the Offering of the Securities, acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, 15% or more of the Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock) or the voting power of the Company on a post-transaction basis. Exceptions:

(If no exceptions, write “none.” If left blank, response will be deemed to be “none.”)

7. The Investor represents that it has received (or otherwise had made available to it by the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission) the Base Prospectus which is a part of the Company’s Registration Statement, the documents incorporated by reference therein and any free writing prospectus (collectively, the “Disclosure Package”), prior to or in connection with the receipt of this Agreement. The Investor acknowledges that, prior to the delivery of this Agreement to the Company, the Investor will receive certain additional information regarding the Offering, including pricing information (the “Offering Information”). Such information may be provided to the Investor by any means permitted under the Act, including the Prospectus Supplement, a free writing prospectus and oral communications.

8. No offer by the Investor to buy Shares and Warrants will be accepted and no part of the Purchase Price will be delivered to the Company until the Investor has received the Offering Information and the Company has accepted such offer by countersigning a copy of this Agreement, and any such offer may be withdrawn or revoked, without obligation or commitment of any kind, at any time prior to the Company (or Placement Agent on behalf of the Company) sending (orally, in writing or by electronic mail) notice of its acceptance of such offer. An indication of interest will involve no obligation or commitment of any kind until the Investor has been delivered the Offering Information and this Agreement is accepted and countersigned by or on behalf of the Company.

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9. Other than information to be disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with the Offering, the Company acknowledges that the only material, non-public information relating to the Company it has provided to the Investor in connection with the Offering prior to the date hereof is the existence of the Offering.

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Number of Shares:                     

Number of Series A Warrants:                     

(such number equal to 100% of the number of Shares being purchased by the Investor)

Number of Series B Warrants:                     

(such number equal to 100% of the number of Shares being purchased by the Investor)

Aggregate Purchase Price Per Share and Warrants: $0.85

Aggregate Purchase Price: $            

Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between us by signing in the space provided below for that purpose.

Agreed and Accepted

this          day of April, 2012:

TITAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

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ANNEX I

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PURCHASE OF SECURITIES

1. Authorization and Sale of Securities. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company has authorized the sale of the Shares and the Warrants.

2. Agreement to Sell and Purchase the Shares and Warrants; Placement Agent.

2.1 At the Closing (as defined in Section 3.1), the Company will sell to the Investor, and the Investor will purchase from the Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the number of Shares and Warrants set forth on the last page of the Agreement to which these Terms and Conditions for Purchase of Securities are attached as Annex I (the “Signature Page”) for the aggregate purchase price therefor set forth on the Signature Page.

2.2 The Company proposes to enter into substantially this same form of Subscription Agreement with certain other investors (the “Other Investors”) and expects to complete sales of Shares and Warrants to them. The Investor and the Other Investors are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Investors”, and this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements executed by the Other Investors are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Agreements”.

2.3 Investor acknowledges that the Company has agreed to pay Rodman & Renshaw, LLC (the “Placement Agent”) a fee (the “Placement Fee”) in respect of the sale of Shares and Warrants to the Investor.

2.4 The Company has entered into a Placement Agent Agreement, dated April 9, 2012 (the “Placement Agreement”), with the Placement Agent that contains certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Company that may be relied upon by the Investor, which shall be a third party beneficiary thereof. The Company confirms that neither it nor any other person acting on its behalf has provided the Investor or its agents or counsel with any information that constitutes or could reasonably be expected to constitute material, nonpublic information, except as will be disclosed in the Prospectus and the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission in connection with the Offering. The Company understands and confirms that the Investor will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

2.5 Anything in this Agreement, the Placement Agreement or elsewhere herein or therein to the contrary notwithstanding (except for Section 4.5 hereof as to the Investors), it is understood and agreed by the Company (i) that none of the Investors or any person to whom an offer of Securities has been made (each, an “Offeree”) has been asked to agree, nor has any Investor or Offeree agreed, to desist from purchasing or selling, long and/or short, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company or to hold the Shares, the Warrants, securities of the Company, or “derivative” securities based on securities issued by the Company for any specified term; (ii) that past or future open market or other transactions by any Investor or Offeree, including without limitation, Short Sales (as defined below) or “derivative” transactions, before or after the closing of this or

future private placement transactions, may negatively impact the market price of the Company’s publicly-traded securities; (iii) that any Investor or Offeree, and counter parties in “derivative” transactions to which any such Investor or Offeree is a party, directly or indirectly, presently may have a “short” position in the Common Stock, and (iv) that no Investor or Offeree shall be deemed to have any affiliation with or control over any arm’s length counter-party in any “derivative” transaction.

3. Closings and Delivery of the Shares and Warrants and Funds; Prohibition on Subsequent Equity Sales by the Company.

3.1 Closing. The completion of the purchase and sale of the Shares and Warrants (the “Closing”) shall occur at a place and time (the “Closing Date”) to be specified by the Company and the Placement Agent, and of which the Investors will be notified in advance by the Placement Agent, in accordance with Rule 15c6-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). At the Closing, (a) the Company shall (i) cause the Transfer Agent to deliver to the Investor the number of Shares and (ii) cause to be delivered to the Investor the number of Warrants, each as set forth on the Signature Page, registered in the name of the Investor or, if so indicated on the Investor Questionnaire attached hereto as Exhibit A, in the name of a nominee designated by the Investor and (b) the aggregate purchase price for the Shares and Warrants being purchased by the Investor will be delivered by or on behalf of the Investor to the Company (or, as provided herein, to the Escrow Account).

3.2 Conditions to the Obligations of the Parties.

(a) Conditions to the Company’s Obligations. The Company’s obligation to issue and sell the Shares and Warrants to the Investor shall be subject to: (i) the receipt by the Company of the Purchase Price for the Shares and Warrants being purchased hereunder as set forth on the Signature Page and (ii) the accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the Investor and the fulfillment of those undertakings of the Investor to be fulfilled prior to the Closing Date.

(b) Conditions to the Investor’s Obligations. The Investor’s obligation to purchase the Shares and Warrants will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the Company and the fulfillment of those undertakings of the Company to be fulfilled prior to the Closing Date, including without limitation, those contained in the Placement Agreement, and to the condition that the Placement Agent shall not have: (i) terminated the Placement Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof or (ii) determined that the conditions to the Closing in the Placement Agreement have not been satisfied. The Investor’s obligations are expressly not conditioned on the purchase by any or all of the Other Investors of the Shares and Warrants that they have agreed to purchase from the Company. The Investor understands and agrees that, in the event that the Placement Agent in its sole discretion determines that the conditions to Closing in the Placement Agreement have not been satisfied or if the Placement Agent Agreement may be terminated for any other reason permitted by such Agreement, then the Placement Agreement may, but shall not be obligated to, terminate such Placement Agreement, which shall have the effect of terminating this Subscription Agreement pursuant to Section 14 below.

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3.3 Delivery of Funds.

(a) DWAC Delivery. If the Investor elects to settle the Shares purchased by such Investor through DTC’s Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian (“DWAC”) delivery system, no later than one (1) business day after the execution of this Agreement by the Investor and the Company, the Investor shall remit by wire transfer the amount of funds equal to the aggregate purchase price for the Shares being purchased by the Investor to the following account designated by the Company:

; provided, however, that, in lieu of remittance of the aggregate Purchase Price to the account described above, if the Company and Placement Agent agree (pursuant to the Placement Agreement or otherwise) that the funds of Investor shall be deposited in an escrow account with a commercial bank or trust company (“Escrow Account”) in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated herein, Investor shall remit by wire transfer the amount of funds equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the Shares and Warrants being purchased by the Investor to the Escrow Account in accordance with the delivery instructions provided by the Placement Agent, which funds shall be distributed pursuant to the terms of the escrow agreement between the Company and the Placement Agent which governs the Escrow Account.

(b) [RESERVED]

3.4 Delivery of Shares.

(a) DWAC Delivery. If the Investor elects to settle the Shares purchased by such Investor through DTC’s DWAC delivery system, no later than one (1) business day after the execution of this Agreement by the Investor and the Company, the Investor shall direct the broker-dealer at which the account or accounts to be credited with the Shares being purchased by such Investor are maintained, which broker/dealer shall be a DTC participant, to set up a DWAC instructing Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s Transfer Agent, to credit such account or accounts with the Shares. Such DWAC instruction shall indicate the settlement date for the deposit of the Shares, which date shall be provided to the Investor by the Placement Agent. On the Closing Date, the Company shall direct the Transfer Agent to credit the Investor’s account or accounts with the Shares pursuant to the information contained in the DWAC.

(b) [RESERVED]

3.5 Delivery of Warrants. The Warrants will be issued in certificated form. Upon receipt by the Company of the funds due it pursuant to Section 3.3 above, on the Closing Date the Company shall direct the delivery of a copy of the Warrants to the Investor by facsimile and the originally executed Warrant by overnight courier at the address provided by the Investor on the Signature Page hereto.

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3.6 Prohibition on Subsequent Equity Sales. The Company covenants that, from the date hereof until 60 days after the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company shall issue, enter into any agreement to issue, or announce the issuance or proposed issuance of (i) any shares of Common Stock or (ii) any securities of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company that would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock, other than (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers or directors of the Company pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted for such purpose, by a majority of the non-employee members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose or (b) securities upon the exercise or exchange of or conversion of any Securities issued hereunder and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities.

4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Investor.

The Investor acknowledges, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and the Placement Agent that:

4.1 The Investor (a) is knowledgeable, sophisticated and experienced in making, and is qualified to make decisions with respect to, investments in securities presenting an investment decision like that involved in the purchase of the Securities, including investments in securities issued by the Company and investments in comparable companies, (b) has answered all questions on the Signature Page and the Investor Questionnaire and the answers thereto are true and correct as of the date hereof and will be true and correct as of the Closing Date and (c) in connection with its decision to purchase the Shares and Warrants set forth on the Signature Page, has received and is relying only upon the Disclosure Package and the documents incorporated by reference therein and the Offering Information.

4.2 (a) No action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction outside the United States by the Company or the Placement Agent that would permit an offering of the Securities, or possession or distribution of offering materials in connection with the issue of the Securities in any jurisdiction outside the United States where action for that purpose is required, (b) if the Investor is outside the United States, it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers Securities or has in its possession or distributes any offering material, in all cases at its own expense and (c) the Placement Agent is not authorized to make and has not made any representation, disclosure or use of any information in connection with the issue, placement, purchase and sale of the Securities, except as set forth or incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus Supplement.

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4.3 (a) The Investor has full right, power, authority and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (b) this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Investor enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ and contracting parties’ rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as to the enforceability of any rights to indemnification or contribution that may be violative of the public policy underlying any law, rule or regulation (including any federal or state securities law, rule or regulation) and (c) the execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not conflict with or result in a breach of (i) Investor’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or other similar governing documents) or (ii) any agreement or any law or regulation to which Investor is a party or by which any of its property or assets is bound.

4.4 The Investor understands that nothing in this Agreement, the Prospectus or any other materials presented to the Investor in connection with the purchase and sale of the Shares and Warrants constitutes legal, tax or investment advice. The Investor has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors and made such investigation as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with its purchase of Shares and Warrants. The Investor also understands that there is no established public trading market for the Warrants being offered in the Offering, and that the Company does not expect such a market to develop. In addition, the Company does not intend to apply for listing the Warrants on any securities exchange. Without an active market, the liquidity of the Warrants will be limited.

4.5 Since the date on which the Placement Agent first contacted the Investor about the Offering, the Investor has not disclosed any information regarding the Offering to any third parties (other than its legal, accounting and other advisors) and has not engaged in any transactions involving the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities). The Investor covenants that it will not engage in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including Short Sales) prior to the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed. The Investor agrees that it will not use any of the Securities acquired pursuant to this Agreement to cover any short position in the Common Stock if doing so would be in violation of applicable securities laws. For purposes hereof, “Short Sales” include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the box, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sales contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-U.S. broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers.

5. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements; Third Party Beneficiary. Notwithstanding any investigation made by any party to this Agreement or by the Placement Agent, all covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Company and the Investor herein will survive the execution of this Agreement, the delivery to the Investor of the Shares and Warrants being purchased and the payment therefor. The Placement Agent shall be a third party beneficiary with respect to the representations, warranties and agreements of the Investor in Section 4 hereof.

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6. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder will be in writing, will be mailed (a) if within the domestic United States by first-class registered or certified airmail, or nationally recognized overnight express courier, postage prepaid, or by facsimile or (b) if delivered from outside the United States, by International Federal Express or facsimile, and (c) will be deemed given (i) if delivered by first-class registered or certified mail domestic, three business days after so mailed, (ii) if delivered by nationally recognized overnight carrier, one business day after so mailed, (iii) if delivered by International Federal Express, two (2) business days after so mailed and (iv) if delivered by facsimile, upon electric confirmation of receipt and will be delivered and addressed as follows:

if to the Investor, at its address on the Signature Page hereto, or at such other address or addresses as may have been furnished to the Company in writing.

7. Changes. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except pursuant to an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Investor.

8. Headings. The headings of the various sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and will not be deemed to be part of this Agreement.

9. Severability. In case any provision contained in this Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

10. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law that would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

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11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which will constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, will constitute but one instrument, and will become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party hereto and delivered to the other parties. The Company and the Investor acknowledge and agree that the Company shall deliver its counterpart to the Investor along with the Prospectus Supplement (or the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission).

12. Confirmation of Sale. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that such Investor’s receipt of the Company’s signed counterpart to this Agreement, together with the Prospectus Supplement (or the filing by the Company of an electronic version thereof with the Commission), shall constitute written confirmation of the Company’s sale of Shares and Warrants to such Investor.

13. Press Release. The Company and the Investor agree that the Company shall issue a press release announcing the Offering and disclosing all material information regarding the Offering prior to the opening of the financial markets in New York City on the business day immediately after the date hereof.

14. Termination. In the event that the Placement Agreement is terminated by the Placement Agent pursuant to the terms thereof, this Agreement shall terminate without any further action on the part of the parties hereto.

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