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HTX-011 for Postoperative Pain Management Receives Breakthrough Therapy Designation from FDA

Jun. 21, 2018

Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class treatments to address some of the most important unmet patient needs, today announced that HTX-011 for postoperative pain management has received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). HTX-011 is an investigational, long-acting, extended-release formulation of the local anesthetic bupivacaine in a fixed-dose combination with the anti-inflammatory meloxicam for the management of postoperative pain.

Pacira Announces FDA Approval of Supplemental New Drug Application for EXPAREL^® as a Nerve Block to Produce Regional Analgesia

April 9, 2018

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCRX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its supplemental new drug application (sNDA) to broaden the use of EXPAREL® (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension) to include administration via interscalene brachial plexus block to produce postsurgical regional analgesia. With this approval, EXPAREL is the first long-acting, single-dose nerve block available for patients undergoing upper extremity surgeries, such as total shoulder arthroplasty or rotator cuff repair.