Press Releases

Part A Successfully Completed and Optimal Formulation of ACER-001 Identified

Results of Part B Expected in Q1 2020 with a Planned NDA Submission in Q1 2021

NEWTON, MA – Dec. 16, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development, and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced full enrollment of Part B  of its pivotal trial evaluating bioavailability and bioequivalence of ACER-001 (sodium phenylbutyrate) for […]

NEWTON, MA – Nov. 13, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development, and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2019 and provided an update on the Company’s recent […]

Results Expected in Q1 2020 with a Planned NDA Submission in Q1 2021

NEWTON, MA – October 28, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced full enrollment of Part A in a pivotal trial evaluating bioavailability and bioequivalence of ACER-001 for the treatment […]

NEWTON, MA – August 27, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced that Acer’s management team will provide a corporate overview at the 21st Annual H.C. Wainwright Global Investment Conference […]

NEWTON, MA – August 13, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019 and provided an update on the Company’s recent […]

NEWTON, MA – August 1, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced that Acer’s management team will provide a corporate overview at the 2019 Wedbush PacGrow Healthcare Conference being held […]

Call to take place on Wednesday, July 31 at 11:00 am Eastern Time

NEWTON, MA – July 25, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced it will host a conference call and webcast on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 11:00 am Eastern Time […]

Restructuring expected to extend cash runway through end of 2020

Acer plans to discuss EDSIVO™ CRL with FDA and will continue to advance additional pipeline products

NEWTON, MA – July 5, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced a corporate restructuring and update on its pipeline programs. Acer’s headcount has been reduced from 48 to 19 […]

NEWTON, MA – June 25, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced it has received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding its […]

Pilot study using claims database suggests that a minority of U.S. vEDS patients (34%) are being treated with antihypertensive medications

Data show no significant difference in clinical event rates in vEDS patients taking antihypertensive medications compared to those not taking an antihypertensive medication

NEWTON, MA – May 31, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced the presentation and publication of results from its Pilot Study to Evaluate Effect of Antihypertensive Therapy on the […]

NEWTON, MA – May 23, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced that Acer’s management team will provide a corporate overview at upcoming investor conferences in June, including: the William […]

Acer executing on pre-commercial launch plan for EDSIVO™ while growing and advancing its pipeline

NEWTON, MA – May 14, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019 and provided an update on the Company’s recent […]

NEWTON, MA – May 7, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced that Acer’s management team will provide a corporate overview at the UBS Global Healthcare Conference, May 20-22, 2019 […]

NEWTON, MA – April 16, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with critical unmet medical needs, today announced the publication of long-term data from a cohort of COL3A1-positive vEDS patients in the Journal of the American […]

NEWTON, MA – March 13, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with critical unmet medical need, today announced that Acer’s management team will provide a corporate overview at upcoming investor conferences in March and April, including: […]

Acer continues to progress toward goals of commercializing EDSIVO™ and advancing pipeline

NEWTON, MA – March 7, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with critical unmet medical need, today reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2018 and provided an update on the […]

Acer acquires worldwide rights to clinical-stage NK3 receptor antagonist

NEWTON, MA – January 2, 2019 – Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with critical unmet medical need, today announced that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Sanofi to acquire worldwide rights to osanetant, a […]