BUPRENORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Post-LOE

buprenorphine hydrochloride

Pfizer

ANDAINJECTIONINJECTABLE

Approved

Jul 2015

Lifecycle

Post-LOE

Competitive Pressure

30/100

Data completeness

3/8 — Basic

BUPRENORPHINE HYDROCHLORIDE (buprenorphine hydrochloride) by Pfizer is mechanism of action buprenorphine is a partial agonist at the mu-opioid receptor and an antagonist at the kappa-opioid receptor. Approved for pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic, for which alternate treatments are inadequate. First approved in 2015.

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Mechanism of Action

Mechanism of Action Buprenorphine is a partial agonist at the mu-opioid receptor and an antagonist at the kappa-opioid receptor. One unusual property of buprenorphine observed in vitro studies is its very slow rate of dissociation from its receptor. This could account for its longer duration of…

Indications (2)

pain severe enough to require an opioid analgesic for which alternate treatments are inadequate

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Data Sources

Drug label: DailyMed / FDA
Clinical trials: ClinicalTrials.gov
Patent data: FDA Orange Book
Spending data: CMS Medicare

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