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

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Journavx, the first opioid-free prescription drug for moderate to ...

The use of Journavx for moderate to severe pain has not been studied beyond 14 days. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Journavx™ (suzetrigine) for the treatment of moderate to ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved JOURNAVX™ (suzetrigine), an oral, non-opioid, highly selective ...

Vertex's Journavx got FDA approval for acute pain but faces adoption challenges: variable efficacy vs opioids, generic competition, and entrenched prescriber habits limit near-term potential.

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 ...