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lidocaine pretreatment — Competitive Intelligence Brief

lidocaine pretreatment (lidocaine pretreatment) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Local anesthetic. Area: Pain management / Anesthesia.

marketed Local anesthetic Voltage-gated sodium channels Pain management / Anesthesia Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

lidocaine pretreatment (lidocaine pretreatment) — Benaroya Research Institute. Lidocaine pretreatment reduces pain and adverse reactions during subsequent injections or procedures by blocking sodium channels and numbing the injection site.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
lidocaine pretreatment TARGET lidocaine pretreatment Benaroya Research Institute marketed Local anesthetic Voltage-gated sodium channels
Suzetrigine (SUZ) Suzetrigine (SUZ) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated marketed Selective sodium channel inhibitor Voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav)
Dexamethasone+ Bupivacaine Dexamethasone+ Bupivacaine Ain Shams University marketed Corticosteroid + Local anesthetic combination Glucocorticoid receptor (dexamethasone); Voltage-gated sodium channels (bupivacaine)
Propofol/Lidocaine Propofol/Lidocaine NYU Langone Health marketed Intravenous anesthetic combination GABA-A receptor (propofol); voltage-gated sodium channels (lidocaine)
Exparel TAP + multi-modal pain regimen Exparel TAP + multi-modal pain regimen Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc marketed Local anesthetic (liposomal formulation) Voltage-gated sodium channels
carbamazepine ER (Equetro) carbamazepine ER (Equetro) Massachusetts General Hospital marketed Anticonvulsant; mood stabilizer Voltage-gated sodium channels
lamotrigine (generic Teva) lamotrigine (generic Teva) University of Maryland, Baltimore marketed Anticonvulsant / Mood stabilizer Voltage-gated sodium channels; glutamate release inhibition

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 pretreatment — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/lidocaine-pretreatment. Accessed 2026-05-17.

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