The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals' drug to treat acute pain, the health regulator said on Thursday, offering a first-of-its-kind alternative to addictive opioid painkillers that have fueled a national crisis.
The drug, shown to be almost as effective as opioids for short-term pain, is the first fundamentally new kind of painkiller to win FDA approval in more than 20 years.
The FDA has approved Journavx, a pain medication, offering a safer alternative to opioids. Learn about its benefits and side effects.
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.
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.
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 Food and Drug Administration approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals' non-opioid painkiller pill, a new alternative for pain relief that comes without the risk of addiction. It's a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the destructive dependency of opioids,
Analyst Andrew Fein of H.C. Wainwright maintained a Buy rating on Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX – Research Report), boosting the price target to