Assertio Therapeutics previously owned Nucynta ER and Nucynta IR. On January 15, 2015, Depomed announced the acquisition of the Tapentadol(Nucynta) franchise from Janssen Pharmaceutica for in cash. The transaction closed on April 2, 2015, and the products were relaunched in June 2015 after a major sales force expansion. After Hurricane Maria in 2017 the company faced major shortages of the drug due to the manufacturing plant location in Puerto Rico. In January 2018, after less than 3 years, the manufacturing rights of Nucynta were sold for just $10 million upfront with a $135 million in royalties for the first 4 years. Tapentadol is now produced for the US and Canadian market by Collegium Pharmaceutical.