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Lidocaine infiltration — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Lidocaine infiltration (Lidocaine infiltration) 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 infiltration (Lidocaine infiltration) — Vrije Universiteit Brussel. 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 infiltration TARGET Lidocaine infiltration Vrije Universiteit Brussel marketed Local anesthetic Voltage-gated sodium channels
Control (bupivacaine) Control (bupivacaine) Kasr El Aini Hospital marketed Local anesthetic (amide) Voltage-gated sodium channels
Lidocaine (drug) Lidocaine (drug) Daniel A Tonetti, MD marketed Local anesthetic Voltage-gated sodium channels
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)
Bupivacaine (Marcaine) Bupivacaine (Marcaine) NYU Langone Health marketed Local anesthetic (amide) Voltage-gated sodium channels
ropivacaine and ketorolac ropivacaine and ketorolac University of Aarhus marketed Local anesthetic + NSAID combination Voltage-gated sodium channels (ropivacaine); COX-1 and COX-2 (ketorolac)
Lidocaine gel 2% Lidocaine gel 2% Atlantic Health System marketed Local anesthetic 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 infiltration — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/lidocaine-infiltration. Accessed 2026-05-17.

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