KemPharm, Inc., a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of proprietary prodrugs, announced that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for KP201/IR has been accepted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). KP201/IR, KemPharm’s co-lead product candidate, is a single-entity benzhydrocodone HCl immediate release abuse-deterrent prodrug for the treatment of acute pain. KemPharm expects to conduct human clinical trials of KP201/IR in 2017.