News Vertex is smarting from a pain portfolio setback Shares in Vertex Pharma have come under pressure after one of its non-opioid pain candidates failed to move the needle in a mid-stage trial.
News Latigo raises $150m for non-opioid painkiller push Latigo has tapped into investor interest in pain relief medicines with new, non-opioid mechanisms of action, raising $150 million in a Series B.
News Algiax non-opioid drug works in chronic neuropathic pain A GABA-targeting drug developed by German Biotech Algiax has shown proof of concept in a chronic neuropathic trial trial.
News Vertex bags FDA okay for its non-opioid pain drug Vertex gets FDA approval for its non-opioid pain drug suzetrigine, the first new class of pain medicine in the US in more than 20 years.
News Lilly bags FDA okay for Wegovy pill rival orforglipron Eli Lilly has claimed US approval for oral GLP-1 agonist orforglipron, setting up a market clash with Novo Nordisk's first-to-market Wegovy pill.
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