Ex­perts of­fer a sol­id en­dorse­ment for Acel­Rx pain med, spurring a big ral­ly for their stock

The FDA forced Acel­Rx Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals to go back to the draw­ing board to re­fash­ion a bet­ter safe­ty plan for its new pain ther­a­py Dsu­via (ARX-04). And that paid off Fri­day with a big en­dorse­ment from the out­side ex­perts the agency drew to­geth­er to re­view their mar­ket­ing ap­pli­ca­tion. 

The group vot­ed a lop­sided 10-3 in fa­vor of a green light, as these ex­perts were able to look past reg­u­la­to­ry con­cerns about the po­ten­tial for abuse and ac­ci­den­tal ex­po­sure posed by the 30 mcg sufen­tanil tablets.

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