Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in research, development and manufacture of product candidates providing abuse deterrent features and benefits utilizing its Aversion Technology. The Company’s Aversion Technology platform has been successfully utilized in developing multiple opioid analgesic products candidates. Its portfolio of product candidates includes opioid analgesics to relieve pain while simultaneously discouraging common methods of pharmaceutical product misuse and abuse, including intravenous injection of dissolved tablets or capsules; nasal snorting of crushed tablets or capsules, and intentional swallowing of excess quantities of tablets or capsules. Acurox is an orally administered immediate release tablet containing oxycodone HCl as its sole active analgesic ingredient.