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Heron Therapeutics Announces Financial Results for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and Highlights Recent Corporate Updates
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best–in-class treatments to address some of the most important unmet patient needs, today announced financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and highlighted recent corporate updates.\nRecent Corporate Updates\nPain Management Franchise\nEuropean Commission Authorization for ZYNRELEF™ for the Treatment of Postoperative Pain: In September 2020, the European Commission (EC) granted a marketing authorization for ZYNRELEF (formerly known as HTX-011) for the treatment of somatic postoperative pain from small- to medium-sized surgical wounds in adults. The marketing authorization follows the European Medicines Agency's positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use in July 2020. The EC's centralized marketing authorization is valid for the 27 countries that are members of the European Union (EU), and the other countries in the European Economic Area (EEA). We are currently assessing the evolving global environment for pharmaceuticals and developing a coordinated global marketing strategy, and at this time we anticipate making ZYNRELEF available to patients in Europe during the second half of 2021. Successful Outcome of FDA Type A Meeting to Discuss HTX-011 for the Management of Postoperative Pain: In September 2020, we announced a successful Type A meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in which alignment was reached on the plans for Heron to resubmit the New Drug Application (NDA) for HTX-011 for the management of postoperative pain in the fourth quarter of 2020.CINV Franchise\nCINV Net Product Sales: For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, chemotherapy–induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) franchise net product sales were $20.0 million and $68.0 million, respectively, compared to $42.6 million and $110.9 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2019. CINVANTI® Net Product Sales: Net product sales of CINVANTI (aprepitant) injectable emulsion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 were $19.8 million and $67.6 million, respectively, compared to $36.4 million and $97.6 million, respectively, for the same periods in 2019. Heron expects the impact of the ...