Who are Morphine Sulfate Sustained-Release Tablet's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): BENZHYDROCODONE, Dilaudid-Hp, Dilaudid-Hp, Subutex, Subutex, Levo-Dromoran.

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Morphine Sulfate Sustained-Release Tablet — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Name: Drug Landscape Pharmaceutical Database
Creator: Drug Landscape
Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Morphine Sulfate Sustained-Release Tablet (Morphine Sulfate Sustained-Release Tablet) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: Opioid. Area: Pain Management.

phase 3 Opioid mu-opioid receptor Pain Management Small molecule Live · refreshed every 30 min

Target snapshot

Morphine Sulfate Sustained-Release Tablet (Morphine Sulfate Sustained-Release Tablet) — Mundipharma (China) Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Morphine sulfate works by binding to opioid receptors in the brain and spinal cord, producing analgesia and altering emotional responses to pain.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
Morphine Sulfate Sustained-Release Tablet TARGET	Morphine Sulfate Sustained-Release Tablet	Mundipharma (China) Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd	phase 3	Opioid	mu-opioid receptor
BENZHYDROCODONE	BENZHYDROCODONE		marketed	Opioid analgesic combination; full mu-opioid agonist with non-opioid analgesic	Mu-opioid receptors (primary); delta and kappa opioid receptors (secondary); central nervous system pain pathways	2018-01-01
Dilaudid-Hp	Hydromorphone Hydrochloride	Fresenius Kabi	marketed	Opioid agonist	Mu-opioid receptor	1984-01-01
Dilaudid-Hp	HYDROMORPHONE	Fresenius Kabi	marketed	Opioid Agonist	mu-opioid receptor	1984-01-01
Subutex	Buprenorphine Hydrochloride	Indivior	marketed	partial opioid agonist	mu-opioid receptor, kappa-opioid receptor	1981-01-01
Subutex	BUPRENORPHINE	Purdue Pharma Lp	marketed	Partial Opioid Agonist	mu-opioid receptor, kappa-opioid receptor	1981-01-01
Levo-Dromoran	LEVORPHANOL	Bausch Health	marketed	Opioid Agonist	mu-opioid receptor	1953-01-01

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)

2026-07-31 — Subutex · 8236755 · Formulation · US
2027-01-10 — Subutex · 8236292 · Formulation · US
2027-07-23 — Subutex · 8147866 · Formulation · US
2027-07-23 — Subutex · 9655843 · Formulation · US
2031-06-06 — Subutex · 9782402 · Formulation · US
2031-06-06 — Subutex · 9827241 · Formulation · US
2031-06-06 — Subutex · 10198218 · Method of Use · US
2031-06-06 — Subutex · 10592168 · Method of Use · US
2031-06-06 — Subutex · 9498432 · Formulation · US
2031-06-06 — Subutex · 9272044 · Method of Use · US
2031-06-25 — Subutex · 10558394 · Formulation · US
2031-09-05 — Subutex · 8975270 · Formulation · US
2032-01-06 — Subutex · 8921387 · Formulation · US
2032-07-26 — Subutex · 11135215 · Formulation · US
2032-07-26 — Subutex · 12318379 · Formulation · US
2032-07-26 — Subutex · 12161640 · Formulation · US
2032-07-26 — Subutex · 11110084 · Formulation · US
2032-07-26 — Subutex · 10912772 · Method of Use · US
2032-07-26 — Subutex · 9937164 · Formulation · US
2032-12-21 — Subutex · 9901539 · Method of Use · US
2035-11-06 — Subutex · 11000520 · Method of Use · US
2035-11-06 — Subutex · 11839611 · Method of Use · US
2038-06-22 — Subutex · 10646484 · Method of Use · US

Sponsor landscape (Opioid class)

Montefiore Medical Center · 1 drug in this class
Mundipharma (China) Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd · 1 drug in this class
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile · 1 drug in this class
Tufts Medical Center · 1 drug in this class
University of California, San Francisco · 1 drug in this class
Vertanical GmbH · 1 drug in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). Morphine Sulfate Sustained-Release Tablet — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/morphine-sulfate-sustained-release-tablet. Accessed 2026-06-10.

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