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Lidocaine skin wheal — Competitive Intelligence Brief
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Local anesthetic
Voltage-gated sodium channels
Anesthesia/Pain Management
Small molecule
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Target snapshot
Lidocaine skin wheal (Lidocaine skin wheal) — George Washington University. Lidocaine blocks sodium channels in nerve fibers, preventing the initiation and conduction of action potentials to produce local anesthesia.
Comparator set (6 drugs)
| Drug | Generic | Sponsor | Phase | Class | Target | Approval / PDUFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine skin wheal TARGET | Lidocaine skin wheal | George Washington University | marketed | Local anesthetic | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| intravenous saline plus perineural bupivacaine | intravenous saline plus perineural bupivacaine | Sherif Mohamed Abd el moneim Soaida, MD | marketed | Local anesthetic with supportive fluid therapy | Voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav) | |
| Brand lamotrigine | Brand lamotrigine | University of Maryland, Baltimore | marketed | Anticonvulsant / Mood stabilizer | Voltage-gated sodium channels; glutamate release inhibition | |
| Lamotrigine generic "B" | Lamotrigine generic "B" | University of Cincinnati | marketed | Anticonvulsant / Mood stabilizer | Voltage-gated sodium channels; glutamate release inhibition | |
| Hyperbaric Bupivicaine | Hyperbaric Bupivicaine | University of Witwatersrand, South Africa | marketed | Local anesthetic (amide) | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| Lidocaïne 2% | Lidocaïne 2% | University of Liege | marketed | Local anesthetic | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| Hyperbaric Prilocaine 1% | Hyperbaric Prilocaine 1% | Dr. Pere Roura-Poch | marketed | Local anesthetic | Voltage-gated sodium channels |
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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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Cite this brief
Drug Landscape (2026). Lidocaine skin wheal — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/lidocaine-skin-wheal. Accessed 2026-05-18.
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