Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc

OTC:ACUR

Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company, which engages in the research, development, and commercialization of abuse deterrent, orally administered pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Palatine, Illinois. The company went IPO on 2000-09-12. The firm has discovered and developed approximately three platform technologies, which can be used to develop multiple products. The firm's Oxaydo Tablets (oxycodone HCl, CII), which utilizes the Aversion Technology, is an approved and immediate-release (IR) oxycodone product in the United States. The firm's Impede technology products include Nexafed and Nexafed Sinus Pressure + Pain. Its deterrent technology is Limitx, which is designed to retard the release of active drug ingredients when too many tablets are accidentally or purposefully ingested. The firm's Aversion and Limitx technologies are intended to address methods associated with opioid and its Impede technology is directed at the extraction and conversion of pseudoephedrine tablets into methamphetamine.