The FDA on Thursday approved a new class of pain medication that provides an alternative to opioids. It will be sold under the brand name Journavx.

On January 30, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Journavx (suzetrigine) 50 milligram oral tablets, a first-in-class non-opioid ...

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On January 30, 2025, the US FDA approved Journavx (suzetrigine) 50mg oral tablets to use in the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain, making it the first non-opioid analgesic of its class to ...

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The FDA approved the first drug in its class that targets moderate to severe acute pain in adults, without being addictive ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is working toward making its recently approved non-opioid pain medicine Journavx not only broadly ...

In a phase 2 study, the company's medication suzetrigine barely performed better than a placebo in treating painful ...

The FDA has approved Journavx, a new non-opioid painkiller designed to treat moderate to severe acute pain. Unlike opioids, ...