AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints Gina Ford as Vice President Commercial Strategy
October 01, 2015 at 04:30 pm IST
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AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Gina Ford, RPh to the role of Vice President of Commercial Strategy. Ms. Ford has worked with AcelRx as a consultant from 2013 to the present and has been instrumental in the development of a commercial strategy for Zalviso (sufentanil sublingual tablet system). As VP Commercial Strategy, Ms. Ford will be responsible for developing the commercial plan for ARX-04 in the U.S., Europe and other geographies.
Before joining the AcelRx management team, Ms. Ford was principal and sole proprietor of One Joule.
Talphera, Inc., formerly AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a specialty pharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of therapies for use in medically supervised settings. The Company's nafamostat product candidates include Niyad and LTX-608. Niyad is focused on developing regional anticoagulants for injection into the extracorporeal circuit, such as the dialysis circuit during continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) for acute kidney injury (AKI) patients in the hospital, and for chronic kidney disease patients undergoing intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) in dialysis centers. LTX-608 is nafamostat formulation for direct intravenous (IV) infusion that shall be investigated and developed as a potential anti-viral for the treatment of COVID, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and acute pancreatitis. The Company is also engaged in developing two pre-filled syringes, namely Fedsyra and PFS-02.