Mar 18 2010
Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACUR) and King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:KG) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") has publically announced the scheduling of an April 22, 2010 Advisory Committee meeting to discuss the New Drug Application ("NDA") for Acurox® (oxycodone HCl and niacin) Tablets and the results of studies evaluating the addition of niacin for the purpose of reducing the misuse of oxycodone. The scheduled meeting will be a joint meeting of the Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs and the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committees. Acurox® is an investigational new drug product and is not approved for marketing or commercial distribution.
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Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.