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Heron Therapeutics Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for ZYNRELEF™ (HTX-011) for the Management of Postoperative Pain
SAN DIEGO, July 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN DIEGO, July 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on improving the lives of patients by developing best-in-class treatments to address some of the most important unmet patient needs, today announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for ZYNRELEF (formerly known as HTX-011), intended for the treatment of postoperative pain.\nZYNRELEF is a non-opioid, dual-acting analgesic, utilizing a fixed-dose combination of the local anesthetic bupivacaine with a low dose of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug meloxicam, where meloxicam enhanced the efficacy of bupivacaine. ZYNRELEF uses Heron's proprietary Biochronomer® polymer delivery system to slowly release these drugs over approximately 72 hours.\nThe CHMP's positive opinion is based on the results of Heron's two Phase 3 studies of ZYNRELEF. The primary endpoint and all 4 key secondary endpoints were met in both Phase 3 studies. ZYNRELEF demonstrated significantly reduced pain and opioid use through 72 hours compared to bupivacaine solution, the current standard-of-care anesthetic for postoperative pain control. ZYNRELEF significantly reduced pain intensity through 72 hours post–surgery, significantly reduced the use of opioid medications following surgery and significantly increased the proportion of patients who required no postoperative opioid medications. In both studies, ZYNRELEF was generally well tolerated, with a safety profile comparable to placebo and bupivacaine solution.\nThe CHMP's positive opinion will now be reviewed by the European Commission (EC), with a final decision on the Marketing Authorisation Application expected in the coming months. An EC marketing authorisation through the centralized procedure is valid in all 27 European Union (EU) member countries as well as the European Economic Area countries. The CHMP recommended that ZYNRELEF be indicated for treatment of somatic postoperative pain from small- to medium-sized surgical wounds in adults.\n\"Managing postoperative pain remains a major challenge for many physicians, given that up to 80% of patients across Europe report moderate to severe pain for several days after surgery. Postoper...