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CUPERTINO, Calif., April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with DURECT Corporation's (Nasdaq: DRRX) first quarter 2011 financial results press release, you are invited to listen to the conference call that will be broadcast live over the internet on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 4:30 pm Eastern Time (1:30 pm Pacific Time). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020717/DRRXLOGO) A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available by accessing DURECT's homepage at...

ST. PAUL, Minn., April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A letter sent by a commercial insurer to health care providers notifying them of potentially unsafe drug use when combining anti-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix®) with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), showed a significant reduction in the number of members combining the drugs, according to a new study by pharmacy benefit management thought leader Prime Therapeutics (Prime). Details of the study will be presented on April 29th at the Academy...

The Montreal Heart Institute participates to an initial experiment with personalized antiplatelet therapyAn international consortium of scientists, including major contributions from the Montreal Heart Institute, demonstrates that the "one-size fits all" strategy of uniformly doubling the dose of an antiplatelet drug, clopidogrel, for patients with high on-treatment platelet reactivity does not reduce the incidence on death, heart attacks and stent thrombosis after percutaneous...

BRUSSELS, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New 5-year data from the longest prospective open-label Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) study to date, show that Neupro® (rotigotine) demonstrated continued symptomatic clinical benefit with a low risk of augmentation. Over the five year period, clinically significant augmentation occurred in 5.1% of patients receiving rotigotine at EU approved doses (1, 2 and 3 mg/24h) and in 13.2% of patients receiving one of the five evaluated doses of rotigotine...

Modifying a patient's dosage of the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel for 6 months depending on the patient's level of platelet reactivity did not result in combined lower rates of nonfatal heart attack, stent thrombosis (clot) and cardiovascular death in patients who had a procedure such as balloon angioplasty and received a drug-releasing coronary stent, according to a study in the March 16 issue of JAMA.Current guidelines recommend treating patients undergoing percutaneous coronary...

SAN DIEGO, March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Accumetrics, Inc., developer of the VerifyNow® System, the first rapid and easy-to-use point-of-care system for measuring platelet reactivity to multiple antiplatelet agents, announced today that the primary results of the GRAVITAS trial have been published in The Journal of the American Medical Association(1). First presented at the American Heart Association's Annual Scientific Sessions in November 2010, the results refute a "one-size fits all"...

SAN DIEGO, March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Accumetrics, Inc., a privately-held developer and marketer of the VerifyNow® System, the first rapid and easy-to-use point-of-care system for measuring platelet reactivity to multiple antiplatelet agents, announced today that new Guidelines were recently published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery that include point-of-care testing for platelet reactivity as a new recommendation for preoperative patient assessment(1). Coronary artery bypass graft...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACRX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of acute and breakthrough pain, today announced that Richard King, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Cowen and Company 31st Annual Health Care Conference at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. The presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, March 9,...

CUPERTINO, Calif., March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) announced today that Dr. James E. Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Cowen and Company 31st Annual Healthcare Conference on Monday, March 7 at 1:00 pm Eastern Time. The conference is being held at the Marriott Copley Place in Boston. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020717/DRRXLOGO) A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available by accessing...

CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In conjunction with DURECT Corporation's (Nasdaq: DRRX) fourth quarter 2010 financial results press release, you are invited to listen to the conference call that will be broadcast live over the internet on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 4:30 pm Eastern Time (1:30 pm Pacific Time). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020717/DRRXLOGO) A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available by accessing DURECT's homepage at...