DGAP-News: Apricus Biosciences Announces 2011 Year End Financial Results Conference Call


Apricus Biosciences, Inc. 

08.03.2012 20:32
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Conference Call/Webcast to be Held Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. ET

SAN DIEGO, 2012-03-08 20:32 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Apricus Biosciences, Inc. ('Apricus Bio') (Nasdaq:APRI) announced today that
management will hold a conference call to discuss its 2011 year end financial
results and ongoing corporate activities on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 4:30
p.m. ET. The Company will file its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2011 on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. 

The call can be accessed in the U.S. by dialing 877-407-8031 and outside of the
U.S. by dialing 201-689-8031 and asking the conference operator for the Apricus
Bio Conference Call. The teleconference replay will be available for one week
by dialing in the U.S. 877-660-6853 and outside of the U.S. by dialing
201-612-7415. Replay passcodes 286 and 390699 are both required for playback.
The conference call will also be Webcast live at
http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=167725. The Webcast replay
will be available for three months. 

About Apricus Biosciences, Inc.

Apricus Bio is a San Diego-based revenue-generating hybrid specialty
pharmaceutical company, with commercial products and a broad pipeline across
numerous therapeutic classes. 

Revenues and growth are driven from the sales of the Company's commercial
products through its Apricus Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and NexMed (USA), Inc.
subsidiaries and through out-licensing in certain territories of its product
pipeline and NexACT(r) technology. 

Apricus Bio currently markets Totect(r) (dexrazoxane HCl), the only drug
approved 
in the US for the treatment of anthracycline extravasation. The Company also
plans to market in the U.S. or certain other countries the following products:
(a) Granisol(r) (granisetron HCI) oral solution, the only FDA-approved, oral,
ready-to-use liquid solution of granisetron, (b) Aquoral(tm), an FDA-cleared,
prescription-only spray for the treatment of Xerostomia (the medical term for
dry mouth due to a lack of saliva) and (c) NitroMist(r) (nitroglycerin
sublingual 
spray), an FDA-approved nitrate vasodilator indicated for acute relief of an
attack or acute prophylaxis of angina pectoris (chest pain) due to coronary
artery disease (narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart). 

Apricus Bio's current NexACT(r) pipeline includes Vitaros(r), approved in Canada
for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, as well as compounds in development
from pre-clinical through pre-registration currently focused on Sexual
Dysfunction, Oncology, Dermatology, Autoimmune, Pain, Anti-Infectives, Diabetes
and Consumer Healthcare. 

The Company also expects to develop and/or acquire and then bring to market
additional pharmaceutical products in areas of care that will benefit patient
needs worldwide. 

For further information on Apricus Bio, visit http://www.apricusbio.com, and
for information on its subsidiary please visit http://www.nexmedusa.com. You
can also receive information at http://twitter.com/apricusbio. 

Apricus Bio's Forward-Looking Statement Safe Harbor

Statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, as amended: with
the exception of the historical information contained in this release, the
matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties that may individually or mutually impact the matters herein
described for a variety of reasons that are outside the control of the Company,
including, but not limited to, its ability to further develop its products and
product candidates, to have its products and product candidates approved by
relevant regulatory authorities, to successfully commercialize such products as
Totect(r), Granisol(r), Aquoral(tm) and NitroMist(tm) and Vitaros(r) for
erectile 
dysfunction and NexACT(r) product candidates and to achieve its development,
commercialization and financial goals. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements as actual results could differ
materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein. Readers are
urged to read the risk factors set forth in the Company's most recent annual
report on Form 10-K, subsequent quarterly reports filed on Form 10-Q and other
filings made with the SEC. Copies of these reports are available from the SEC's
website or without charge from the Company. 


         CONTACT: Apricus Bio Investor Relations:
         David Pitts
         Argot Partners
         212-600-1902
         david@argotpartners.com
News Source: NASDAQ OMX



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