CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DURECT
Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) today announced that the sale of
the LACTEL product line to Evonik closed and the $15 million payment was received on December 31, 2020.
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. DUR-928, the company's lead drug
candidate is in clinical development for the potential treatment of
alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) for which FDA has granted a Fast
Track Designation, COVID-19 patients with acute liver or kidney
injury, and non-alcoholic 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 sustained-release
solution), an investigational locally-acting, non-opioid analgesic
intended to provide up to three days of continuous pain relief
after surgery. For more information about DURECT, please
visit www.durect.com and follow us on
Twitter https://twitter.com/DURECTCorp.
DURECT Forward-Looking Statement
The statements in
this press release regarding clinical development plans for
DUR-928, including the potential use of DUR-928 to treat AH and
other acute organ injuries, including in COVID-19 patients, as well
as chronic liver diseases, such as NASH, and the potential use of
POSIMIR to provide pain relief after surgery 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 the start of the AHFIRM trial or other
trials will be delayed due to COVID-19 or other factors, that the
AHFIRM trial will take longer than expected and may not replicate
results from earlier trials, that the clinical trial of DUR-928 in
COVID-19 patients is delayed or stopped because of changes to the
standard of care, the availability of alternative therapies,
required protocol changes or lack of available patients, the risk
that clinical trials of DUR-928 do not demonstrate the safety or
efficacy of DUR-928 in a statistically significant manner, the risk
that the FDA will not approve POSIMIR or approve POSIMIR with a
limited label, the risk that additional time and resources may be
required for development, testing and regulatory approval of
DUR-928 or the Company's other product candidates, 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 3,
2020 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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