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Lidocaine 2% Injectable Solution — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Lidocaine 2% Injectable Solution (Lidocaine 2% Injectable Solution) 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 Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Lidocaine 2% Injectable Solution (Lidocaine 2% Injectable Solution) — Erasme University Hospital. Lidocaine blocks sodium channels in nerve cell membranes, preventing the initiation and propagation of action potentials to produce local anesthesia.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
Lidocaine 2% Injectable Solution TARGET Lidocaine 2% Injectable Solution Erasme University Hospital marketed Local anesthetic Voltage-gated sodium channels
local infiltration of liposomal bupivacaine local infiltration of liposomal bupivacaine TriHealth Inc. marketed Local anesthetic (amide class) Voltage-gated sodium channels
local anesthetic cream local anesthetic cream Yuzuncu Yil University marketed Local anesthetic Voltage-gated sodium channels
Prilocaine 0.66% Prilocaine 0.66% Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital marketed Local anesthetic (amide class) Voltage-gated sodium channels
Ropivacaine + Dexmedetomidine Ropivacaine + Dexmedetomidine Sahiwal medical college sahiwal marketed Local anesthetic + alpha-2 adrenergic agonist combination Voltage-gated sodium channels (ropivacaine); alpha-2 adrenergic receptors (dexmedetomidine)
Ropivacaine only Ropivacaine only University of New Mexico marketed Local anesthetic (amide) Voltage-gated sodium channels
postoperative 0.5% Ropivacaine hydrochloride postoperative 0.5% Ropivacaine hydrochloride China Medical University, China marketed Local anesthetic (amide) Voltage-gated sodium channels

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

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Cite this brief

Drug Landscape (2026). Lidocaine 2% Injectable Solution — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/lidocaine-2-injectable-solution. Accessed 2026-06-10.

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