The US FDA's unusual approach to a labeling expansion for Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s local anesthetic Exparel suggests a balancing of the agency's desire to increase availability of non-opioid analgesics while guarding against promotion and use for a broader-than-supported indication.
On April 6, FDA approved the use of Exparel (bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension) as an interscalene brachial plexus nerve block...






