- USA
  location (geo:U.S., geo:the United States, geo:USA, geo:United States, org:the United States, geo:US, org:U.S., org:US)
- Boston
  location
- Food and Drug Administration
  organisation
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  organisation

FDA approves new type of non-opioid pain medication

The Hill

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New Pain Drug Gets FDA Nod as Safer Alternative to Addictive Opioids
Bloomberg News
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The prescription pills, sold under the brand name Journavx and made by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, are taken twice a day and represent the first new class of pain medications in 20 years—and the first non-opioid painkiller since that class first appeared on the market in the 1980s.
Time
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The Vertex Pharmaceuticals oral drug, branded Journavx, works by blocking pain signals at their source, unlike opioids, which trigger the brain’s reward centers as they travel through the blood and then attach to neural receptors, leading to addiction and abuse.
Guardian
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Vertex Pharmaceutical's new drug Journavx, or suzetrigine, was approved to treat moderate to severe acute pain.
NBC News

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