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lidocaine pretreatment — Competitive Intelligence Brief
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Local anesthetic
Voltage-gated sodium channels
Pain management / Anesthesia
Small molecule
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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)
| Drug | Generic | Sponsor | Phase | Class | Target | Approval / 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 |
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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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Drug Landscape (2026). lidocaine pretreatment — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/lidocaine-pretreatment. Accessed 2026-05-17.
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