Billed as nonaddictive, new pain pill could soon win FDA approval
A non-opioid painkiller from Vertex Pharmaceuticals could become a blockbuster, but questions remain on whether it will prove safe and effective for chronic pain.
Yale Daily News8d
First FDA-approved non-addictive painkiller has Yale roots
Journave, the first non-addictive opioid-like pain medication, was developed based on Yale research from the ’90s.
Nature14d
US drug agency approves potent painkiller — the first non-opioid in decades
Suzetrigine, now marketed as Journavx, is not the first sodium-channel-targeting drug for pain management. Compounds such as procaine (Novocain) have provided reliable anaesthesia for more than a ...