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DURECT Corp (DRRX) Announces $293M Development and Commercialization Agreement for POSIMIR with Sandoz (NVS)

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DURECT and Sandoz have Signed a $293 Million Development and Commercialization Agreement for POSIMIRĀ® (SABERĀ®-Bupivacaine) Covering the United States

May 8, 2017 7:00 AM EDT

CUPERTINO, Calif., May 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) today announced a development and commercialization agreement with Sandoz AG, a division of Novartis (NYSE: NVS), to develop and market in the United States DURECT's POSIMIR® (SABER®-Bupivacaine), an investigational locally-acting, non-opioid analgesic intended to provide up to three days of continuous pain relief after surgery.

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