CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire / -- DURECT Corporation
(Nasdaq: DRRX) today announced that it will report its fourth
quarter and year ended December 31,
2019 financial results and host a conference call after the
market close on Tuesday, March 3,
2020.
Tuesday March
3rd @ 4:30pmET/1:30 p.m. Pacific
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877-407-0784
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International:
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201-689-8560
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Conference
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13698601
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Webcast:
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http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=137885
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About DURECT Corporation
DURECT is a biopharmaceutical company committed to transforming
the treatment of acute organ injury and chronic liver diseases by
advancing novel and potentially lifesaving therapies based on its
endogenous epigenetic regulator program. DURECT's lead candidate,
DUR-928, has demonstrated the ability to regulate the expression of
genes involved in lipid metabolism, inflammatory responses and cell
survival. This drug candidate is currently in Phase 2 development
for the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis (AH) and Phase 1
development for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
(NASH). DURECT's proprietary drug delivery technologies are
designed to enable new indications and enhanced attributes for
small-molecule and biologic drugs. One late-stage product candidate
in this category is POSIMIR® (bupivacaine
extended-release solution), an investigational locally-acting,
non-opioid analgesic intended to provide up to three days of
continuous pain relief after surgery. Another project utilizing our
proprietary drug delivery technologies is a long-acting injectable
SABER-based HIV investigational product being developed with
Gilead. For more information about DURECT, please visit
www.durect.com.
DURECT Forward-Looking Statement
The statements in this press release regarding clinical
development plans for DUR-928, including continuation of Phase 2
development in AH and Phase 1 development in NASH, and the
potential benefits and uses of our drug candidates, including the
potential use of DUR-928 to treat acute organ injuries, such
as AH, and chronic liver diseases, such as NASH, the potential use
of POSIMIR to provide pain relief after surgery and the long-acting
injectable SABER-based investigational product to treat HIV are
forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties that
can cause actual results to differ materially from those in such
forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, the risks that future clinical
trials of DUR-928 are not started when anticipated, take longer to
conduct than anticipated, do not replicate the results from earlier
clinical or pre-clinical trials, or do not demonstrate the safety
or efficacy of DUR-928 in a statistically significant manner, the
risk that the FDA will not approve POSIMIR, the risk that
additional time and resources may be required for development,
testing and regulatory approval of DUR-928, the investigational
SABER-based HIV product or POSIMIR, potential adverse effects
arising from the testing or use of our drug candidates, our
potential failure to maintain our collaborative agreements with
third parties and risks related to our ability to obtain capital to
fund operations and expenses. Further information regarding
these and other risks is included in DURECT's Form 10-Q filed on
November 5, 2019 under the heading
"Risk Factors."
NOTE: POSIMIR® and SABER® are
trademarks of DURECT Corporation. Other referenced trademarks
belong to their respective owners. DUR-928 and POSIMIR are
investigational drug candidates under development and have not been
approved for commercialization by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration or other health authorities for any indication.
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SOURCE DURECT Corporation