AcelRx Makes Headway With Second Pain Drug-Device Combo
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
With its lead drug candidate Zalviso in US FDA limbo, AcelRx Pharmaceuticals is focused on its other late-stage pain drug ARX-04, a health care professional-administered sublingual tablet that delivered fast relief of moderate-to-severe post-surgical pain for patients enrolled in a Phase III clinical trial.
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