REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HRTX), a biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class medicines that address major unmet medical needs, today announced that preliminary, positive, top-line results from Heron’s Phase 2 study of HTX-011 in patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair will be presented in two posters at PAINWeek®, the national conference on pain for frontline practitioners, on Thursday, September 8, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV.
Presentation details are as follows:
| Poster Title: | Local Administration of HTX-011, a Long-Acting Biochronomer-Based Bupivacaine/Meloxicam Combination, in Hernia Repair: Initial Results | |||||||||
| Author/Presenter: |
Peter J. Winkle, MD, FACP, CPI, FACG, Anaheim Regional Medical Center, Anaheim Clinical Research |
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| Poster Number: | 144 | |||||||||
| Date/Time: | Thursday, September 8, 2016 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PT | |||||||||
| Location: | Level 3, Gracia 7 |
| Poster Title: | Local Administration of HTX-011, a Long-Acting Biochronomer-Based Bupivacaine/Meloxicam Combination, in Hernia Repair Provides Similar Initial Results Whether Injected, Instilled, or Both | |||||||||
| Author/Presenter: | Harold S. Minkowitz, MD, Diplomat American Board of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center | |||||||||
| Poster Number: | 90 | |||||||||
| Date/Time: | Thursday, September 8, 2016 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PT | |||||||||
| Location: | Level 3, Gracia 7 | |||||||||
About Heron Therapeutics, Inc.
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class medicines that address major unmet medical needs. Heron is developing novel, patient-focused solutions that apply its innovative science and technologies to already-approved pharmacological agents for patients suffering from cancer or pain. For more information, visit www.herontx.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Heron cautions readers that forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations and assumptions as of the date of this news release and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, those associated with: whether the Phase 2 study results are indicative of the results in future studies related to HTX-011, the sufficiency of the Phase 2 data to allow the commencement of Phase 3 registration studies for HTX-011, the potential market opportunity for HTX-011, and other risks and uncertainties identified in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements reflect our analysis only on their stated date, and Heron takes no obligation to update or revise these statements except as may be required by law.
