REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACRX), (AcelRx), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute pain, today announced that that Vincent J. Angotti, Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the 30th Annual ROTH Conference, the 38th Annual Cowen Health Care Conference and the 28th Annual Oppenheimer Healthcare Conference. Details of the events are as follows:

30th Annual ROTH ConferenceDate: Monday, March 12, 2018Location: The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna NiguelPresentation Time: 1:00 pm PT (4:00 pm ET)

38th Annual Cowen Health Care ConferenceDate: Wednesday, March 14, 2018Location: The Boston Marriott Copley Place, BostonPresentation Time: 8:40 am ET (5:40 am PT)

28th Annual Oppenheimer Healthcare ConferenceDate: Wednesday, March 21, 2018Location: The Westin New York Grand Central, New YorkPresentation Time: 11:30 am ET (8:30 am PT)

Presentations will be webcast live and can be accessed through the Investors page at www.acelrx.com. For those not available to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be archived for 90 days and available through the Investors page on www.acelrx.com.

About AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute pain. AcelRx's proprietary, non-invasive sublingual formulation technology delivers sufentanil with consistent pharmacokinetic profiles. The company has two product candidates including DSUVIA™ (sufentanil sublingual tablet, 30 mcg), known as DZUVEO outside the United States, with a proposed indication for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute pain in medically supervised settings, and ZALVISO® (sufentanil sublingual tablet system, SST system, 15 microgram) being developed as an innovatively designed patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) system for reduction of moderate-to-severe acute pain in medically supervised settings.

For additional information about AcelRx's clinical programs, please visit www.acelrx.com.

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