CNBC’s Angelica Peebles and Vertex JournavxPharmaceuticals CEO Reshma Kewalramani join 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the FDA's approval of the company's non-opioid painkiller pill Journavx, a new alternative for pain relief that comes without the risk of addiction,
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday its approval of suzetrigine, the first new painkiller greenlit by the agency since 1998.
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new, nonopioid pain medication for treating moderate to severe acute pain. Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ suzetrigine, which will be marketed under the name Journavx, targets specific sodium channels that help pass signals on from the site of pain.
Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. surged ahead of Friday’s market open after the Food and Drug Administration approved the company’s non-opioid pain treatment.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new pain management drug which could change the way healthcare providers address pain management. Suzetrigine, also known as Journavx, is classified within a new category of pain management medication without the same addictive qualities seen in many of its opiate competitors.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new non-opioid pain medication developed by the Massachusetts-based company Vertex Pharmaceuticals on Thursday. The drug, which is called suzetrigine and will be sold under the brand name Journavx, is the first new type of pain medicine approved by the agency in more than 20 years.
Approval of Journavx for acute pain marks the first new class of acute pain medication approved by the FDA in over 20 years.
A new non-opioid painkiller, JournaVX, has received approval from the FDA, marking the first new type of pain medication in 25 years. Developed by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, JournaVX is designed to treat moderate to severe acute pain in adults.
Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals rose after Journavx, the company’s oral non-opioid pain medication, received Food and Drug Administration approval.
The FDA has approved Journavx, a pain medication, offering a safer alternative to opioids. Learn about its benefits and side effects.
The company announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Journavx, a twice-daily pill that it described as a "highly selective NaV1.8 pain signal inhibitor for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe acute pain."