A non-opi­oid pain start­up be­lieves it can top the bupi­va­caine mar­ket — and it's think­ing in terms of weeks, not days

The road to non-opi­oid pain man­age­ment has swal­lowed biotech play­ers for years as drug de­vel­op­ers have smacked their heads against safe­ty flags. A Cal­i­for­nia biotech that spent a long time work­ing in stealth mode now has ear­ly da­ta sug­gest­ing it may have found a break­through — and the com­pa­ny is ready for its close-up.

Al­lay Ther­a­peu­tics launched Thurs­day with Phase I da­ta show­ing their poly­mer­ized bupi­va­caine im­plant helped 80% of pa­tients get off opi­oids 14 days af­ter a to­tal knee re­place­ment, the com­pa­ny said.

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