AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints Jill Broadfoot to Board of Directors
November 23, 2021 at 05:09 pm EST
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AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the appointment of Jill Broadfoot to the company's Board of Directors. Ms. Broadfoot currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of aTyr Pharma, Inc. Prior to joining aTyr, Ms. Broadfoot served as CFO of Emerald Health Pharmaceuticals and Emerald Health Bioceuticals.
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.
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