Ranking Profile - Heron Therapeutics Inc

Introduction

Heron Therapeutics Inc (Heron) is a biotechnology company that uses proprietary polymer-based drug delivery platform to develop novel, patient-focused drugs for patients suffering from various types of cancer and pain. Its proprietary Biochronomer technology is a polymer-based drug delivery platform, that improves the therapeutic profile of injectable pharmaceuticals. The company's marketed products include Sustol, an extended-release injection indicated in combination with other antiemetics in adults for the prevention of nausea and vomiting due to moderately emetogenic chemotherapy (MEC); Cinvanti for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) prevention and Zynrelef (HTX-011) for the treatment of somatic postoperative pain from small- to medium-sized surgical wounds in adults. Heron is headquartered in San Diego, California, the US.