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Lidocaine solution ("A") — 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 solution ("A") (Lidocaine solution ("A")) — Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge. Lidocaine blocks sodium channels in nerve cell membranes, preventing the initiation and conduction of nerve impulses to produce local anesthesia.
Comparator set (6 drugs)
| Drug | Generic | Sponsor | Phase | Class | Target | Approval / PDUFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine solution ("A") TARGET | Lidocaine solution ("A") | Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge | marketed | Local anesthetic | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| Mepivacaine 1% | Mepivacaine 1% | ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO | marketed | Local anesthetic (amide) | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| Ropivacaine concentration high | Ropivacaine concentration high | Oslo University Hospital | marketed | Local anesthetic (amide) | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| Prilocaine 0.5% | Prilocaine 0.5% | Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital | marketed | Local anesthetic (amide) | Voltage-gated sodium channels | |
| Ropivacaine + Tramadol | Ropivacaine + Tramadol | Aga Khan University | marketed | Local anesthetic + opioid analgesic combination | Voltage-gated sodium channels (ropivacaine); mu-opioid receptor, norepinephrine transporter, serotonin transporter (tramadol) | |
| MgSO4 plus Ropivacaine | MgSO4 plus Ropivacaine | Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia | marketed | Local anesthetic adjuvant combination | Voltage-gated sodium channels (ropivacaine); NMDA receptors and calcium channels (magnesium sulfate) | |
| dexmedetomidine-esketamine-ropivacaine combination 1 | dexmedetomidine-esketamine-ropivacaine combination 1 | Peking University First Hospital | marketed | Combination anesthetic/analgesic | Alpha-2 adrenergic receptor, NMDA receptor, 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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Drug Landscape (2026). Lidocaine solution ("A") — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/lidocaine-solution-a. Accessed 2026-05-14.
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