FENTANYL - Generic Drug Details

What are the generic sources for fentanyl and what is the scope of freedom to operate?

Fentanyl is the generic ingredient in twenty-five branded drugs marketed by Janssen Pharms, Actavis Labs Ut Inc, Aveva, Kindeva, Lavipharm Labs, Mayne Pharma, Mylan Technologies, Noven, Specgx Llc, Zydus Pharms, Btcp Pharma, Adalvo, Abbott, Fresenius Kabi Usa, Hikma, Hospira, Watson Labs, Dr Reddys, Rising, Exela Pharma, Dr Reddys Labs Sa, Cephalon, Sentynl Theraps Inc, Actavis Labs Fl Inc, Par Pharm, and The Medicines Co, and is included in thirty-four NDAs. There are twenty-eight patents protecting this compound and one Paragraph IV challenge. Additional information is available in the individual branded drug profile pages.

Fentanyl has thirty-two patent family members in seventeen countries.

There are thirty-one drug master file entries for fentanyl. Seven suppliers are listed for this compound. There are two tentative approvals for this compound.

Summary for FENTANYL

International Patents:	32
US Patents:	28
Tradenames:	25
Applicants:	26
NDAs:	34
Drug Master File Entries:	31
Finished Product Suppliers / Packagers:	7
Raw Ingredient (Bulk) Api Vendors:	38
Clinical Trials:	1,624
Patent Applications:	7,144
Formulation / Manufacturing:	see details
Drug Prices:	Drug price trends for FENTANYL
Patent Litigation and PTAB cases:	See patent lawsuits and PTAB cases for FENTANYL
What excipients (inactive ingredients) are in FENTANYL?	FENTANYL excipients list
DailyMed Link:	FENTANYL at DailyMed

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Recent Clinical Trials for FENTANYL

Identify potential brand extensions & 505(b)(2) entrants

Sponsor	Phase
University Hospital "Sestre Milosrdnice"	N/A
National Trauma Center	N/A
British Columbia Cancer Agency	Phase 2

See all FENTANYL clinical trials

Generic filers with tentative approvals for FENTANYL

Applicant	Application No.	Strength	Dosage Form
		EQ 0.05MG BASE/ML	INJECTABLE;INJECTION
		800MCG	TABLET;BUCCAL
		600MCG	TABLET;BUCCAL

The 'tentative' approval signifies that the product meets all FDA standards for marketing, and, but for the patents / regulatory protections, it would approved.

Pharmacology for FENTANYL

Drug Class	Opioid Agonist
Mechanism of Action	Full Opioid Agonists

Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Categories for FENTANYL

Adjuvants, Anesthesia

Analgesics, Opioid

Anesthetics, Intravenous

Narcotics

Paragraph IV (Patent) Challenges for FENTANYL

Tradename	Dosage	Ingredient	Strength	NDA	ANDAs Submitted	Submissiondate
SUBSYS	Sublingual Spray	fentanyl	0.1 mg/spray, 0.2 mg/spray, 0.6 mg/spray, 0.8 mg/spray, 1.2 mg/spray, 1.6 mg/spray	202788	1	2017-12-07
SUBSYS	Sublingual Spray	fentanyl	0.4 mg/spray	202788	1	2017-05-22

US Patents and Regulatory Information for FENTANYL

Applicant	Tradename	Generic Name	Dosage	NDA	Approval Date	TE	Type	RLD	RS	Patent No.	Patent Expiration	Product	Substance	Delist Req.	Exclusivity Expiration
Janssen Pharms	DURAGESIC-25	fentanyl	FILM, EXTENDED RELEASE;TRANSDERMAL	019813-004	Aug 7, 1990		DISCN	Yes	No
Janssen Pharms	DURAGESIC-50	fentanyl	FILM, EXTENDED RELEASE;TRANSDERMAL	019813-003	Aug 7, 1990		DISCN	Yes	No
Lavipharm Labs	FENTANYL-75	fentanyl	FILM, EXTENDED RELEASE;TRANSDERMAL	077051-003	Aug 4, 2006		DISCN	No	No
Sentynl Theraps Inc	ABSTRAL	fentanyl citrate	TABLET;SUBLINGUAL	022510-002	Jan 7, 2011		DISCN	Yes	No

Expired US Patents for FENTANYL

Applicant	Tradename	Generic Name	Dosage	NDA	Approval Date	Patent No.	Patent Expiration
Janssen Pharms	DURAGESIC-50	fentanyl	FILM, EXTENDED RELEASE;TRANSDERMAL	019813-003	Aug 7, 1990
Janssen Pharms	DURAGESIC-50	fentanyl	FILM, EXTENDED RELEASE;TRANSDERMAL	019813-003	Aug 7, 1990
Janssen Pharms	DURAGESIC-100	fentanyl	FILM, EXTENDED RELEASE;TRANSDERMAL	019813-001	Aug 7, 1990
Janssen Pharms	DURAGESIC-25	fentanyl	FILM, EXTENDED RELEASE;TRANSDERMAL	019813-004	Aug 7, 1990

EU/EMA Drug Approvals for FENTANYL

Company	Drugname	Inn	Product Number / Indication	Status	Generic	Biosimilar	Orphan	Marketing Authorisation	Marketing Refusal
Kyowa Kirin Holdings B.V.	PecFent	fentanyl	EMEA/H/C/001164 PecFent is indicated for the management of breakthrough pain in adults who are already receiving maintenance opioid therapy for chronic cancer pain. Breakthrough pain is a transitory exacerbation of pain that occurs on a background of otherwise controlled persistent pain.Patients receiving maintenance opioid therapy are those who are taking at least 60 mg of oral morphine daily, at least 25 micrograms of transdermal fentanyl per hour, at least 30 mg of oxycodone daily, at least 8 mg of oral hydromorphone daily or an equi-analgesic dose of another opioid for a week or longer.	Authorised	no	no	no	2010-08-31
Takeda Pharma A/S	Instanyl	fentanyl	EMEA/H/C/000959 Instanyl is indicated for the management of breakthrough pain in adults already receiving maintenance opioid therapy for chronic cancer pain. Breakthrough pain is a transitory exacerbation of pain that occurs on a background of otherwise controlled persistent pain. Patients receiving maintenance opioid therapy are those who are taking at least 60 mg of oral morphine daily, at least 25 micrograms of transdermal fentanyl per hour, at least 30 mg oxycodone daily, at least 8 mg of oral hydromorphone daily or an equianalgesic dose of another opioid for a week or longer.	Authorised	no	no	no	2009-07-20
Teva B.V.	Effentora	fentanyl	EMEA/H/C/000833 Effentora is indicated for the treatment of breakthrough pain (BTP) in adults with cancer who are already receiving maintenance opioid therapy for chronic cancer pain., , BTP is a transitory exacerbation of pain that occurs on a background of otherwise controlled persistent pain., , Patients receiving maintenance opioid therapy are those who are taking at least 60 mg of oral morphine daily, at least 25 micrograms of transdermal fentanyl per hour, at least 30 mg of oxycodone daily, at least 8 mg of oral hydromorphone daily or an equianalgesic dose of another opioid for a week or longer. ,	Authorised	no	no	no	2008-04-04
Incline Therapeutics Europe Ltd	Ionsys	fentanyl	EMEA/H/C/002715 Ionsys is indicated for the management of acute moderate to severe post-operative pain in adult patients.	Withdrawn	no	no	no	2015-11-18

International Patents for FENTANYL

Country	Patent Number	Title	Estimated Expiration
Brazil	PI0707235	formulação de fentanil sublingual, dose unitária de uma formulação de fentanil sublingual, métodos para tratar dor e para tratar a manifestação súbita da dor, dispositivos de dose unitária ou dose dupla e de dose múltipla para a administração sublingual de um medicamento, método para preparar uma composição farmacêutica para a administração sublingual, formulação farmacêutica sublingual, dose unitária de uma formulação farmacêutica sublingual, e, método para tratar um paciente humano
European Patent Office	2641595	Aörosol sublingual de fentanyl (Sublingual fentanyl spray)
Slovenia	1976521
Denmark	2180844

Supplementary Protection Certificates for FENTANYL

Patent Number	Supplementary Protection Certificate	SPC Country	SPC Expiration	SPC Description
0901368	C300523	Netherlands		PRODUCT NAME: FENTANYL; REGISTRATION NO/DATE: EU/2/11/127/001 20111006
1769785	C300521	Netherlands		PRODUCT NAME: FENTANYL; REG NO/DATE: EU/2/11/127/001 20111006
0836511	SPC/GB06/022	United Kingdom		PRODUCT NAME: FENTANYL HYDROCHLORIDE; REGISTERED: UK EU/1/05/326/001 20060124
0975367	122011000009	Germany		PRODUCT NAME: FENTANYL IN ALLEN DEM SCHUTZ DES GRUNDPATENTS UNTERLIEGENDEN FORMEN; REGISTRATION NO/DATE: EU/1/10/644/001-004 20100831