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FDA Approval of Vertex’s Non-Opioid Journavx Signals New Era in Pain Treatment
If the attention generated by BioSpace’s coverage of this landmark approval is any indication, Americans are hungry for ...
FDA approves Vertex's non-opioid painkiller, first new kind of pain medicine in decades
The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive potential of opioids.
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Vertex Pharmaceuticals' non-opioid pain medication gets FDA approval
A non-opioid pain medication made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals has received approval for adults from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The company’s "first-in-class" suzetrigine pain pill ...
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At $31 a day, is Vertex’s new non-addictive painkiller worth the price?
They will if the generic drug is an opioid that carries the potential for addiction and the new medicine is a non-opioid that poses no such known risk. That’s the opinion of top Vertex ...