Not a moment too soon: a drug is on the market that is effective in treating pain but is not addictive. Its generic name is suzetrigine — sold under the name Journavx — and it took 25 years to develop ...

In two randomized clinical trials evaluating pain control following abdominoplasty and bunionectomy, Journavx demonstrated ...

Non-opioid pain therapies are entering an unprecedented era, marked by the landmark FDA approval of Vertex’s Journavx and a ...

Scientists believe this drug will be the first of a new wave of similar medications, ones that are both nonaddictive and ...

Now a third option is available after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Suzetrigine, sold as twice-daily Journavx, a non-addictive ...

Acute pain is a type of pain that comes on quickly but lasts a short amount of time. Journavx (jor-na-vix) was approved in 2025 and is the first non-opioid medicine in its class that is used to ...

AlgoTherapeutix blames a “strong placebo effect” for the mid-stage failure for its pain gel ATX01, but the company still ...

But for some, the claims by Vertex Pharmaceuticals that Journavx is not habit-forming, unlike opioid painkillers, leaves them a bit skeptical — it’s something they’ve heard before ...

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration approved that molecule, now called Journavx, as a treatment for the sharp, short-lived “acute” pain usually felt after an accident or a surgery.

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

RBC Capital notes that the clinical review documents associated with Sector Perform-rated Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX)’ recent approval of ...

Journavx instead blocks the pain in the nerves before it gets to the brain, the news outlets reported. Gao and Edwards hope the new drug can be studied more to see if it could benefit patients who ...