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General anesthesia — Competitive Intelligence Brief

General anesthesia (General anesthesia) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: General anesthetic. Area: Anesthesiology.

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Target snapshot

General anesthesia (General anesthesia) — Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho. General anesthesia depresses the central nervous system to produce unconsciousness, analgesia, and muscle relaxation for surgical procedures.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
General anesthesia TARGET General anesthesia Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho marketed General anesthetic
SEVOFLURANE SEVOFLURANE marketed General Anesthetic [EPC] 1995-01-01
Suprane DESFLURANE Baxter marketed General Anesthetic [EPC] GABA-A receptor; anion channel 1992-01-01
PROPOFOL PROPOFOL marketed General Anesthetic [EPC] 1989-01-01
Diprivan Propofol Fresenius Kabi marketed General anesthetic GABA A receptors 1989-01-01
Amidate ETOMIDATE Pfizer marketed General Anesthetic [EPC] Cytochrome P450 11B2, mitochondrial 1982-01-01
Forane ISOFLURANE Baxter marketed General Anesthetic [EPC] 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 2B 1979-01-01

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 (General anesthetic class)

  1. Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · 1 drug in this class
  2. Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital · 1 drug in this class
  3. Fresenius Kabi · 1 drug in this class
  4. Gangnam Severance Hospital · 1 drug in this class
  5. Rigshospitalet, Denmark · 1 drug in this class
  6. Seoul National University Hospital · 1 drug in this class
  7. Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho · 1 drug in this class
  8. University Health Network, Toronto · 1 drug in this class
  9. Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine · 1 drug in this class

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Cite this brief

Drug Landscape (2026). General anesthesia — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/general-anesthesia. Accessed 2026-05-13.

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