Recent Security Class Actions

Depomed, Inc. (NASDAQ: DEPO)

Company Name:Depomed, Inc.
Stock Symbol:NASDAQ: DEPO
Class Period Start:07/29/2015
Class Period End (inclusive):08/07/2017
Filing Deadline:10/17/2017

According to the law firm press release, Depomed, a specialty pharmaceutical company, engages in the development, sale, and licensing of products for pain and other central nervous system conditions in the United States. Among other drugs, Depomed's portfolio includes the opioids Nucynta (tapentadol) and Lazanda (fentanyl).

The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operational and compliance policies. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Depomed engaged in questionable practices in connection with the sales and marketing of the Company's opioid products; (ii) the foregoing conduct, when it became known, would likely subject the Company to heightened legal and regulatory scrutiny; and (iii) as a result, Depomed's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.