AcelRx Pharmaceuticals to Present at the JMP Securities Healthcare Conference 2012

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACRX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of acute and breakthrough pain, today announced that Richard King, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at JMP Securities Healthcare Conference 2012 in New York City at The Peninsula New York Hotel.  The presentation is scheduled for Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. ET.

The presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed through: http://wsw.com/webcast/jmp18/acrx/.  For those who are not available to listen to the live broadcast, the presentation will be archived and available through http://www.acelrx.com.

About AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the treatment of acute and breakthrough pain.  AcelRx's lead product candidate, the ARX-01 Sufentanil NanoTab PCA System, which is currently in Phase 3 clinical development, is designed to solve the problems associated with post-operative intravenous patient-controlled analgesia which has been shown to cause harm to patients following surgery because of the side effects of morphine, the invasive intravenous route of delivery and the inherent potential for programming and delivery errors associated with the complexity of infusion pumps.  AcelRx has two additional product candidates which have completed Phase 2 clinical development: ARX-02 for the treatment of cancer breakthrough pain, and ARX-03 for mild sedation, anxiety reduction and pain relief for patients undergoing painful procedures in a physician's office.  A fourth product candidate, ARX-04, is a sufentanil product for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute pain, and AcelRx plans to initiate a Phase 2 study funded by a grant from USAMRMC, contingent on approval of the proposed clinical protocol for the study by USAMRMC.  For additional information about AcelRx's clinical programs please visit http://www.acelrx.com. 

SOURCE AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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