Organization (Industry)
Heron Therapeutics (United States)
ClinicalTrials.gov lists Heron Therapeutics (United States) as lead sponsor of 26 trials. It has 55 active development programs and 16 approved assets.
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Trials started per year with this organization as sponsor or collaborator, 1990 onward. The series also counts trials where the organization is a collaborator; the lead-sponsor trial count does not.
2026 is partial: 1 registered with a 2026 start date. The dashed outline is the pace from the 1 registered with a start date through September, planned starts included, not adjusted; not a forecast. No forecast is made for this organization: it averages 1.6 trial starts a year over the five years to September, under the 5 a year the method needs.
This page covers Heron Therapeutics (United States): 26 lead-sponsored trials and 1 legal-entity registration.
Disease areas (9)
Shown in this order: most trials first.
| Disease area | Trials |
|---|---|
| Pain | 20 |
| Postoperative Pain | 20 |
| Agnosia | 11 |
| Hernia, Inguinal | 5 |
| Vomiting | 5 |
Showing 5 of 9 disease areas.
Trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator (13)
Shown in this order: most recent first. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year.
Show the table of trials by start year as sponsor or collaborator
| Year | Trials started |
|---|---|
| 2026 (partial year) | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 |
Showing 10 of 13 years.
Recruitment duration, a model prediction: 1 trial still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot, fewer than the 5 needed for a median. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.
Active development programs (55)
Shown in this order: max phase, then active trials.
| Drug | Disease area | Max phase | Trials |
|---|---|---|---|
| HTX-011 | Hernia, Inguinal | Phase 3 | 4 |
| +/- Bupivacaine HCl | Bunion | Phase 3 | 3 |
| HTX-011 | Bunion | Phase 3 | 2 |
| Acetaminophen | Hernia, Inguinal | Phase 3 | 2 |
| DEXAMETHASONE | Vomiting | Phase 3 | 2 |
Showing 5 of 55 active programs.
Approved assets (16)
Shown in this order: max phase first.
| Drug | Trials |
|---|---|
| HTX-011 | 16 |
| +/- Bupivacaine HCl | 10 |
| IBUPROFEN | 7 |
| Acetaminophen | 7 |
| GRANISETRON | 3 |
Showing 5 of 16 approved assets.
Sponsor delivery record (1)
Enrollment hit target: the share of this sponsor's lead-sponsored trials whose actual enrollment reached the planned enrollment. On time: the share whose actual primary completion date was no later than the planned date. Each share counts only trials where we observed an estimated figure before the actual one, and n is that number of trials. Below 5 trials the count is shown as a fraction, not a percentage.
| Enrollment | Timeline |
|---|---|
| 67% hit target (n=9) | 25% on time (n=8) |
Journals published in (6)
Shown in this order: most published in first.
| Journal | Publications |
|---|---|
| Future oncology (London, England) | 2 |
| Regional anesthesia and pain medicine | 2 |
| BMC cancer | 1 |
| Pain and therapy | 1 |
| Pain management | 1 |
Showing 5 of 6 journals.
US granted patents (1)
Patents are not classified by disease area in the source, so this is the organization's overall portfolio, not a split by disease.
| US patents granted | Granted in the last 5 years | Most recent grant |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | 10 | 2025-06-03 |
FDA inspection record (1)
| Latest classification | Inspections |
|---|---|
| NAI | 4 |
FDA recalls (1)
| Product | Classification | Initiated |
|---|---|---|
| Zynrelef (bupivacaine and meloxicam), 400 mg bupivacaine and 12 mg meloxicam single dose application, packaged in a kit, Rx only, Manufactured for Heron Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA, NDC 47426-301-02 | Class III | 2022-08-02 |
FDA import refusals (1)
| Refused import lines | Latest refusal |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2012-11-20 |
Manufacturing and distribution sites (1)
| Facility | Location | Regulators | Member organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Cary, US | FDA |
Latest dated events (70)
Shown in this order: newest first.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07 | Trial started | Clinical trials (ClinicalTrials.gov) (ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine; AACT database, Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI)) |
| 2025-06-03 | Patent granted | Granted US patents (PatentsView / USPTO) |
| 2025-05-06 | Patent granted | Granted US patents (PatentsView / USPTO) |
| 2024-10-15 | Patent granted | Granted US patents (PatentsView / USPTO) |
| 2024-10-15 | Patent granted | Granted US patents (PatentsView / USPTO) |
Showing 5 of 70 events.
Biomarker capability evidence (50)
Shown in this order: tier desc, then gene symbol.
| Gene | Role | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| NDC80 | Trial sponsor | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| NDC80 | Trial collaborator | Named in trial inclusion criteria |
| NDC80 | Trial sponsor | Primary endpoint in a Phase 3 trial |
| CYP3A4 | Trial sponsor | Named in trial exclusion criteria |
| CYP3A4 | Trial sponsor | Named in trial exclusion criteria |
Showing 5 of 50 evidence rows.
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