AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Appoints John Saia as General Counsel, Effective April 16, 2018
March 27, 2018 at 07:07 am EDT
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On March 27, 2018, AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that John Saia, age 45, had been appointed by the company’s Board of Directors to serve as General Counsel of the company effective April 16, 2018. Mr. Saia joins the company from McKesson Corporation, where he served for over 10 years in various roles with increasing responsibilities and leadership, including most recently as the Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel from 2015 to 2018.
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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