Vertex Pharma's non-opioid painkiller suzetrigine was unable to perform better than placebo in a phase 2 trial in lumbosacral radiculopathy (LSR), a form of neuropathic back pain, ahead of an FDA ...
Vertex Pharma could be close to succeeding in the long-standing quest to find an alternative to potentially addictive opioids for the treatment of pain associated with common medical procedures.