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Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn — Treatment Landscape & Competitive Intelligence

Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn (disease) competitive landscape: 10 marketed treatments tracked, 0 Phase 3 candidates, 0 Phase 2 candidates. Recent regulatory actions and upcoming PDUFA dates across the entire treatment set.

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Marketed treatment landscape

Approved drugs treating Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn, deduplicated by molecule. See the full disease page for line-of-therapy detail.

DrugGenericSponsorClassTargetLine of therapyFirst approval
Surfaxin LUCINACTANT Discovery Labs lucinactant 2012-01-01
Curosurf PORACTANT ALFA Chiesi Usa Inc Surfactant [EPC] 1999-01-01
Infasurf CALFACTANT ONY Surfactant [EPC] 1998-01-01
Survanta BERACTANT AbbVie Surfactant [EPC] 1991-01-01
L-Dipalmitoyl Lecithin COLFOSCERIL PALMITATE GSK colfosceril palmitate 1990-01-01
Cetanol CETYL ALCOHOL GSK cetyl alcohol 1990-01-01
Alevaire TYLOXAPOL GSK tyloxapol 1990-01-01
Curosurf Curosurf Jean Michel Hascoet
Infasurf Infasurf Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Survanta Survanta NICHD Neonatal Research Network

Phase 3 pipeline

No Phase 3 pipeline candidates tracked.

Phase 2 pipeline

No Phase 2 pipeline candidates tracked.

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

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

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

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

Sponsor landscape

  1. GSK · 3 drugs in Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn
  2. Chiesi Usa Inc · 1 drug in Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn
  3. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · 1 drug in Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn
  4. Discovery Labs · 1 drug in Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn
  5. Jean Michel Hascoet · 1 drug in Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn
  6. NICHD Neonatal Research Network · 1 drug in Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn
  7. AbbVie · 1 drug in Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn
  8. ONY · 1 drug in Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn

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Cite this brief

Drug Landscape (2026). Respiratory distress syndrome in the newborn — Treatment Landscape & Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/disease/respiratory-distress-syndrome-in-the-newborn. Accessed 2026-06-10.

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