Marcaine ½% — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Marcaine ½% (Marcaine ½%) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Local anesthetic (amide class). Area: Anesthesia.

marketed Local anesthetic (amide class) Voltage-gated sodium channels Anesthesia Small molecule

Target snapshot

Marcaine ½% (Marcaine ½%) — Randers Regional Hospital. Bupivacaine is a local anesthetic that blocks sodium channels in nerve cell membranes, preventing the initiation and propagation of nerve impulses.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
Marcaine ½% TARGET	Marcaine ½%	Randers Regional Hospital	marketed	Local anesthetic (amide class)	Voltage-gated sodium channels
Lidocaine 5% patch	Lidocaine 5% patch	Beijing Tiantan Hospital	marketed	Local anesthetic	Voltage-gated sodium channels
Buffered Articaine Hydrochloride + Epinephrine	Buffered Articaine Hydrochloride + Epinephrine	Ohio State University	marketed	Local anesthetic with vasoconstrictor	Voltage-gated sodium channels; alpha-1 adrenergic receptors (epinephrine component)
Articaine Hydrochloride + Epinephrine	Articaine Hydrochloride + Epinephrine	Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University	marketed	Local anesthetic with vasoconstrictor	Voltage-gated sodium channels; alpha-1 adrenergic receptors (epinephrine component)
Hyperbaric bupivacaine+Sufentanil	Hyperbaric bupivacaine+Sufentanil	Fundación Pública Andaluza Progreso y Salud	marketed	Local anesthetic + opioid combination	Voltage-gated sodium channels (bupivacaine); mu-opioid receptors (sufentanil)
IV Lidocaine	IV Lidocaine	University of Washington	marketed	Local anesthetic / Antiarrhythmic agent (Class IB)	Voltage-gated sodium channels
Lidocaïne	Lidocaïne	University Hospital, Angers	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 (amide class) class)

1. Ain Shams University · 2 drugs in this class
2. Başakşehir Çam & Sakura City Hospital · 2 drugs in this class
3. TriHealth Inc. · 2 drugs in this class
4. Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education · 2 drugs in this class
5. Bozyaka Training and Research Hospital · 2 drugs in this class
6. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Granada · 1 drug in this class
7. Clinique Saint-Jean, Bruxelles · 1 drug in this class
8. Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia · 1 drug in this class
9. Fundacion Clinica Valle del Lili · 1 drug in this class
10. Federal University of Minas Gerais · 1 drug in this class