DURECT to Present at the Jefferies Global Life Sciences Conference

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Jun 01, 2010, 05:00 ET

CUPERTINO, Calif., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) announced today that James E. Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Jefferies Global Life Sciences Conference on Thursday, June 10 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference is being held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York.

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A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available by accessing http://www.wsw.com/webcast/jeff46/drrx/.

About DURECT Corporation

DURECT is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative drugs for pain and other chronic diseases, with late-stage development programs including REMOXY®, POSIDUR™, ELADUR™, and TRANSDUR™-Sufentanil. DURECT's proprietary oral, transdermal and injectable depot delivery technologies enable new indications and superior clinical/commercial attributes such as abuse deterrence, improved convenience, compliance, efficacy and safety for small molecule and biologic drugs. For more information, please visit www.durect.com.

NOTE: POSIDUR™, SABER™, ORADUR®, TRANSDUR™, and ELADUR™ are trademarks of DURECT Corporation. Other referenced trademarks belong to their respective owners. REMOXY, POSIDUR, ELADUR and TRANSDUR-Sufentanil are drug candidates under development and have not been approved for commercialization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or other health authorities.

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