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Aug 27, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 08/27/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), announced today that it has been awarded a $300,000 grant (the "Grant") by the National Institute On Drug Abuse ("NIDA") of the National Institutes of Health to fund Phase I development of Acura's new, early
Aug 15, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 08/15/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), announced today preliminary discussions from a meeting held with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the development pathway for Acura's AVERSION® hydrocodone with acetaminophen tablet
Aug 04, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 08/04/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products intended to address medication abuse and misuse, announced today financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 .
Jul 24, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 07/24/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company innovating abuse deterrent drugs , today announced that the Company plans to report financial results for the second quarter 2014 following the close of financial markets on
May 27, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 05/27/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR) today announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised the Company that the data from our intranasal abuse liability study AP-ADF-301 (Study 301) for our AVERSION hydrocodone bitartrate with
May 21, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 05/21/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products intended to address medication abuse and misuse, announced today that it has entered into a Settlement Agreement with Sandoz Inc.
May 08, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 05/08/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products intended to address medication abuse and misuse, announced today that it has entered into a Settlement Agreement with Ranbaxy Inc.
May 05, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 05/05/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products intended to address medication abuse and misuse, announced today financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014 .
Apr 28, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 04/28/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company innovating abuse deterrent drugs , today announced that the Company plans to report financial results for the first quarter 2014 following the close of financial markets on
Apr 10, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 04/10/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products intended to address medication abuse and misuse, announced today a letter agreement with Pfizer Inc. providing for the termination of Pfizer's license to
Mar 05, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 03/05/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products intended to address medication abuse and misuse, today announced that Bob Jones , President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 26 th Annual
Mar 03, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 03/03/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products intended to address medication abuse and misuse, announced today financial results for the year and three months ended December 31, 2013 .
Feb 18, 2014
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 02/18/14 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company innovating abuse deterrent drugs , today announced that the Company plans to report financial results for 2013 following the close of financial markets on Monday, March 3,
Dec 30, 2013
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 12/30/13 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR) entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") with Oxford Finance LLC , pursuant to which Oxford agreed to make a term loan to the Company in the principal amount of $10.0 million .
Dec 09, 2013
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 12/09/13 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR) today announced that it met on December 5 th with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review the results of Acura's Study AP-ADF-301 (Study 301), a phase II clinical study in 40 recreational drug
Nov 04, 2013
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 11/04/13 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products intended to address medication abuse and misuse, announced today financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 .
Nov 04, 2013
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 11/04/13 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR) today announced that NEXAFED [pseudoephedrine hydrochloride (HCl)], its next generation pseudoephedrine with abuse deterrent technology, will now be stocked by Rite Aid Pharmacies.
Oct 29, 2013
PALATINE, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 10/29/13 -- Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACUR), a specialty pharmaceutical company innovating abuse deterrent drugs , today announced that the Company plans to report financial results for the third quarter of 2013 following the close of financial markets on