public traded as nasdaq ptx industry pharmaceutical founded 1996 headquarters morristown nj the united states key people john sedor chairman president and ceo graham miao chief financial officer website www.pernixtx.com pernix therapeutics nasdaq ptx is a specialty pharmaceutical business with a focus on acquiring developing and commercializing prescription drugs primarily for the u.s. market . the company targets underserved therapeutic areas such as cns including neurology and psychiatry and has an interest in expanding into additional specialty segments . the company promotes its branded products to physicians through its pernix sales force uses contracted sales organizations to market its non core cough and cold products and markets its generic portfolio through its wholly owned subsidiaries macoven pharmaceutical llc and cypress pharmaceuticals inc. background edit pernix therapeutics holdings pernix nasdaq ptx is a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical company primarily focused on the sales marketing and development of branded pharmaceutical products . the company markets a portfolio of branded products including treximet silenor a non narcotic product indicated for the treatment of insomnia characterized by difficulties with sleep maintenance khedezla as well as cedax an antibiotic for middle ear infections . the company promotes its branded products to physicians through its pernix sales force and distributes its generic portfolio through its wholly owned subsidiaries cypress pharmaceuticals and macoven pharmaceuticals . founded in 1996 the company is based in morristown new jersey . in 2014 pernix became one of the fastest growing specialty pharmaceutical companies in the us with an expanding cns franchise and opportunities to branch out into adjacent therapeutic areas . additionally in 2014 the company completed several acquisitions including the acquisition of treximet from gsk and khedezla from osmotica . in 2013 the company completed several acquisitions of pharmaceutical companies including cypress pharmaceuticals inc. hawthorn pharmaceuticals inc. somaxon pharmaceuticals inc. references edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pernix therapeutics holdings & oldid 738221787 categories companies established in 1996publicly traded companies of the united statespharmaceutical companies based in new jersey navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 17 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view