Heron hammered over Sustol NDA resubmission delay
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Investors hammered Heron Therapeutics on 27 January, with shares tumbling as low as 19.2% in morning trading, after the company revealed it was forced to delay by at least three months its resubmission to the FDA of the firm’s new drug application (NDA) for its experimental chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) drug Sustol (APF530).
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