Who are opioid free anesthesia's main competitors?

Direct comparators (same drug class / molecular target / therapeutic area): Tetracaine Hydrochloride, Septocaine, Naropin, Bupivacaine Hydrochloride And Epinephrine, Bupivacaine Hydrochloride And Epinephrine, Bupivacaine Hydrochloride And Epinephrine.

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Last reviewed 2026-06-10 · How we verify

opioid free anesthesia — Competitive Intelligence Brief

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

opioid free anesthesia (opioid free anesthesia) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: local anesthetic. Area: Anesthesiology.

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Target snapshot

opioid free anesthesia (opioid free anesthesia) — Peking University People's Hospital. opioid-free anesthesia works by using a combination of local anesthetics and adjuvants to provide pain relief without the use of opioids.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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Drug	Generic	Sponsor	Phase	Class	Target	Approval / PDUFA
opioid free anesthesia TARGET	opioid free anesthesia	Peking University People's Hospital	phase 3	local anesthetic
Tetracaine Hydrochloride	TETRACAINE	Alcon Labs	marketed	Ester Local Anesthetic	Sodium channel protein type 7 subunit alpha	2005-01-01
Septocaine	ARTICAINE		marketed	Amide Local Anesthetic	Sodium channel alpha subunits; brain (Types I, II, III)	2000-01-01
Naropin	ROPIVACAINE	Fresenius Kabi	marketed	Amide Local Anesthetic	Sodium channel protein type 5 subunit alpha	1996-01-01
Bupivacaine Hydrochloride And Epinephrine	Bupivacaine Hydrochloride	Pfizer	marketed	Amide Local Anesthetic	Cytochrome P450 2D6	1972-01-01
Bupivacaine Hydrochloride And Epinephrine	Bupivacaine Hydrochloride	Pfizer	marketed	Local anesthetic	Sodium channels	1972-01-01
Bupivacaine Hydrochloride And Epinephrine	BUPIVACAINE	Innocoll	marketed	Amide Local Anesthetic	Cytochrome P450 2D6	1972-01-01

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

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Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

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Sponsor landscape (local anesthetic class)

Peking University People's Hospital · 1 drug in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). opioid free anesthesia — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/opioid-free-anesthesia. Accessed 2026-06-10.

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