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Femoral Nerve Block Bupivacaine — Competitive Intelligence Brief
phase 3
Local anesthetic
Voltage-gated sodium channels
Anesthesia / Pain Management
Small molecule
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Target snapshot
Femoral Nerve Block Bupivacaine (Femoral Nerve Block Bupivacaine) — The New England Baptist Hospital. Bupivacaine blocks sodium channels in nerve fibers, preventing the generation and propagation of action potentials to produce local anesthesia in the femoral nerve distribution.
Comparator set (6 drugs)
| Drug | Generic | Sponsor | Phase | Class | Target | Approval / PDUFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Femoral Nerve Block Bupivacaine TARGET | Femoral Nerve Block Bupivacaine | The New England Baptist Hospital | phase 3 | Local anesthetic | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| dexmedetomidine-esketamine-ropivacaine combination 1 | dexmedetomidine-esketamine-ropivacaine combination 1 | Peking University First Hospital | marketed | Combination anesthetic/analgesic | Alpha-2 adrenergic receptor, NMDA receptor, voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| Trileptal® | Trileptal® | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA | marketed | Anticonvulsant; sodium channel blocker | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| Benzocaine oral gel 20% | Benzocaine oral gel 20% | Dina Youssef Attia | marketed | Local anesthetic | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| Surgeon-Initiated Local Anesthetic | Surgeon-Initiated Local Anesthetic | University of Wisconsin, Madison | marketed | Local anesthetic | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| Intracervical lidocaine | Intracervical lidocaine | Bayero University Kano, Nigeria | marketed | Local anesthetic | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| MgSO4 plus Ropivacaine | MgSO4 plus Ropivacaine | Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia | marketed | Local anesthetic adjuvant combination | Voltage-gated sodium channels (ropivacaine); NMDA receptors and calcium channels (magnesium sulfate) |
Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)
Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)
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Sponsor landscape (Local anesthetic class)
- University of California, San Diego · 3 drugs in this class
- Durect · 3 drugs in this class
- Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc · 3 drugs in this class
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences · 3 drugs in this class
- Medical University of Vienna · 3 drugs in this class
- Imperial College London · 2 drugs in this class
- Hvidovre University Hospital · 2 drugs in this class
- Innocoll · 2 drugs in this class
- George Washington University · 2 drugs in this class
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · 2 drugs in this class
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Cite this brief
Drug Landscape (2026). Femoral Nerve Block Bupivacaine — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/femoral-nerve-block-bupivacaine. Accessed 2026-05-18.
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