DURECT Corporation to Present at the BMO Capital Markets Focus on Healthcare Conference

CUPERTINO, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DURECT Corporation (Nasdaq: DRRX) announced today that Matthew J. Hogan, Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the BMO Capital Markets 10th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference on Thursday, August 5 at 1:45 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference is being held at the Sheraton New York Hotel.

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A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available by accessing: http://www.bmocm.com/conferences/2010healthcare/webcast.

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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