Company Profile - AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc

Introduction

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc (AcelRx), is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes drugs for the treatment of pain. The company’s lead product candidate, Dsuvia (known as Dzuveo in Europe), is a single sufentanil sublingual tablet for treating of moderate-to-severe acute pain. Its pipeline also includes Zalviso (for US market), a drug and device combination product for the management of moderate to severe acute pain in adults. AcelRx developed a proprietary, non-invasive, sublingual formulation technology to deliver its highly lipophilic drugs. The company commercializes its EC-approved Zalviso under a license agreement with Grunenthal in Europe and Australia. AcelRx is headquartered in Hayward, California, the US.

Company info

Country (HQ): United States
Sector: Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare
Market Cap (US$ m): 8
Revenue (US$ m): 2 (2022)

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