Bupivacaine Digital Block — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Bupivacaine Digital Block (Bupivacaine Digital Block) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Local anesthetic. Area: Anesthesia.

marketed Local anesthetic Voltage-gated sodium channels Anesthesia Small molecule

Target snapshot

Bupivacaine Digital Block (Bupivacaine Digital Block) — University of California, San Francisco. Bupivacaine is a local anesthetic that blocks sodium channels in nerve fibers, preventing the initiation and propagation of action potentials to produce regional anesthesia.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
Bupivacaine Digital Block TARGET	Bupivacaine Digital Block	University of California, San Francisco	marketed	Local anesthetic	Voltage-gated sodium channels
Exparel TAP + multi-modal pain regimen	Exparel TAP + multi-modal pain regimen	Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc	marketed	Local anesthetic (liposomal formulation)	Voltage-gated sodium channels
Suzetrigine (SUZ)	Suzetrigine (SUZ)	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	marketed	Selective sodium channel inhibitor	Voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav)
Hyperbaric bupivacaine+Morphine	Hyperbaric bupivacaine+Morphine	Fundación Pública Andaluza Progreso y Salud	marketed	Local anesthetic + opioid combination	Voltage-gated sodium channels (bupivacaine); mu opioid receptors (morphine)
Propofol/Lidocaine	Propofol/Lidocaine	NYU Langone Health	marketed	Intravenous anesthetic combination	GABA-A receptor (propofol); voltage-gated sodium channels (lidocaine)
Control (bupivacaine)	Control (bupivacaine)	Kasr El Aini Hospital	marketed	Local anesthetic (amide)	Voltage-gated sodium channels
ESL	ESL	Bial - Portela C S.A.	marketed	Voltage-gated sodium channel blocker; anticonvulsant	Voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav)

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

No regulatory actions in the last 90 days for this set.

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

No PDUFA dates in the next 180 days for this set.

Patent timeline (forward window)

No upcoming patent expiries for this set.

Sponsor landscape (Local anesthetic class)

1. University of California, San Diego · 3 drugs in this class
2. Durect · 3 drugs in this class
3. Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc · 3 drugs in this class
4. Wake Forest University Health Sciences · 3 drugs in this class
5. Medical University of Vienna · 3 drugs in this class
6. Imperial College London · 2 drugs in this class
7. Hvidovre University Hospital · 2 drugs in this class
8. Innocoll · 2 drugs in this class
9. George Washington University · 2 drugs in this class
10. Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · 2 drugs in this class