Article: ORADUR(TM) Technology Milestone: New ORADUR-based Investigational Drug Candidate Commences Phase I Clinical Program.

CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DURECT Corporation reported today the initiation of a Phase I clinical trial for a new ORADUR-based opioid drug candidate. This new drug candidate is the second ORADUR-based opioid drug to undergo clinical testing by King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the company which will be commercializing the drug candidate, if approved, and Pain Therapeutics, Inc., DURECT's licensee of the rights to the drug candidate and other ORADUR-based products incorporating oxycodone and three other opioid compounds. The first drug candidate under development by Pain Therapeutics and King Pharmaceuticals, Remoxy (ORADUR-based oxycodone), is ...

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