DURECT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:DRRX) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events

On March 20, 2017, Pain Therapeutics, Inc., DURECT’s licensee for REMOXY^® ER, announced that it plans to resubmit the REMOXY ER NDA after completing two additional studies regarding REMOXY ER based on guidance following a recent meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  The two studies are a clinical abuse potential study via the intranasal route of abuse and a non-clinical abuse potential study using household solvents.  Pain Therapeutics expects to complete these studies by year end 2017, after which they intend to have a pre-NDA meeting with the FDA followed by resubmission of the REMOXY NDA, with anticipated Priority Review, under 505(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.  REMOXY ER is an oral, long-acting oxycodone gelatin capsule under development with Pain Therapeutics to which we have licensed exclusive, worldwide, development and commercialization rights under a development and license agreement entered into in December 2002.  

About DURECT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:DRRX)

Durect Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company with research and development programs. The Company’s products candidates include DUR-928, oral for metabolic/lipid disorders, and DUR-928, injectable for acute organ injuries. Its other product candidates include POSIMIR (controlled release injection of bupivacaine), REMOXY (oral controlled release oxycodone), ORADUR-ADHD, ELADUR (controlled release injection of bupivicane), Relday (risperidone), ORADUR-based opioid (hydromorphone) and SABER-based ophthalmic. The Company’s ALZET product line consists of miniature, implantable osmotic pumps and accessories used for experimental research in mice, rats and other laboratory animals. The Company also manufactures and sells osmotic pumps used in laboratory research and design; and develops and manufactures a range of standard and custom biodegradable polymers and excipients for pharmaceutical and medical device clients for use as raw materials in their products.

DURECT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:DRRX) Recent Trading Information

DURECT CORPORATION (NASDAQ:DRRX) closed its last trading session up +0.005 at 0.927 with 330,566 shares trading hands.