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Biotech Stocks: Acura tanks; Bayer, Onyx gain on rival’s study
01 year ago
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Biotech Stocks: Acura tanks; Bayer, Onyx gain on rival’s study
Acura Pharmaceuticals is the sharpest decliner among the small-cap drug stocks, with shares plunging after an FDA panel votes not to recommend its new painkiller.
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Acura Pharma Shares Plummet on Drug Ruling
01 year ago
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Acura Pharma Shares Plummet on Drug Ruling
The drug, called Acurox, was a joint venture between Acura and King Pharmaceuticals.
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FDA panel says experimental painkiller from Acura and King would not prevent misuse
01 year ago
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FDA panel says experimental painkiller from Acura and King would not prevent misuse
WASHINGTON – Federal health experts say an experimental painkiller designed to discourage misuse is not effective enough to warrant approval. A panel of Food and Drug Administration experts voted 19-1 against Acura Pharmaceutical’s Acurox, which combines oxycodone with the vitamin niacin.
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Acura Shares Plummet After FDA Panel Rejects Pain Drug Acurox
01 year ago
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Acura Shares Plummet After FDA Panel Rejects Pain Drug Acurox
WASHINGTON – Shares of Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. fell 32 percent Friday after an FDA advisory panel a day earlier refused to back approval of the firm’s investigational pain drug Acurox (oxycodone HCl and niacin).
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-04-22 21:33 UPDATE 1-U. S. FDA panel rejects King, Acura painkiller
01 year ago
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-04-22 21:33 UPDATE 1-U.S. FDA panel rejects King, Acura painkiller
GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 22 (Reuters) – U.S. government advisers urged regulators on Thursday to reject an experimental painkiller from King Pharmaceuticals and Acura Pharmaceuticals. The Acurox pill was designed to discourage abuse by adding the vitamin niacin to the painkiller oxycodone. The companies said people who take multiple pills would get high doses of niacin that could cause …
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