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BUPIVACAINE, NDA 022496

The patents and exclusivities FDA's Orange Book lists for NDA 022496 as captured on 14 October 2026, each date named by its rule and its rows, and the rows of FDA's Paragraph IV list that give this NDA's number, as captured on 17 October 2026. Listed protection is a range of dates, never one date.

FDA capture · review pending. Each row is shown as captured from FDA's Orange Book files and Paragraph IV list. Dates are FDA's own; spreadsheet day numbers are shown as dates, and a cell that cannot be read as one date is shown as written and left out of the range. Where FDA lists a *PED row without flags, its flags are read from the base row and marked so. A Paragraph IV row is placed here only by the number in its RLD/NDA cell; nothing is joined by name. How this page reads FDA's files has not been independently reviewed by a regulatory-affairs reviewer.

Orange Book captured
14 October 2026
Paragraph IV list captured
17 October 2026
Last checked
30 October 2026
Data-branch commit
dadcab56563716abea6c5e31a5e1970080c778ef

Listed protection is a range of the dates FDA lists, not a forecast of market entry, and not legal, regulatory or investment advice.

Dates as listed in FDA's Orange Book capture of 14 October 2026. This page does not say whether a date has passed; compare it with today's date and FDA's current Orange Book. This page shows only what the capture of 14 October 2026 lists. It does not show patents or exclusivities listed before and since removed.

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Listed protection

Listed dates run from 9 Nov 2026 to 2 Jul 2044, each by its own rule; no one date stands for this product.

Earliest listed date
9 Nov 2026I-929 exclusivityRule R3 · Products 001, 002 · exclusivity.txt lines 199–200
Latest listed date
2 Jul 2044US 12,728,095, product and use patentRule R1 · Products 001, 002 · patent.txt lines 1,969, 1,995
Latest substance patent
None listed
Latest listed patent
2 Jul 2044US 12,728,095, product and use patentRule R1 · Products 001, 002 · patent.txt lines 1,969, 1,995
Latest exclusivity
9 Nov 2026I-929 exclusivityRule R3 · Products 001, 002 · exclusivity.txt lines 199–200

50 use-code patents, blocking the coded use only

Products

Each product number FDA lists under NDA 022496, as listed. The sections below name products by these numbers.

  • Product 001 · EXPAREL

    Dosage form; route
    INJECTABLE, LIPOSOMAL;INJECTION
    Strength
    133MG/10ML (13.3MG/ML)
    Approval date as listed
    28 Oct 2011
    Type as listed
    RX
    Applicant as listed
    PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INC
  • Product 002 · EXPAREL

    Dosage form; route
    INJECTABLE, LIPOSOMAL;INJECTION
    Strength
    266MG/20ML (13.3MG/ML)
    Approval date as listed
    28 Oct 2011
    Type as listed
    RX
    Applicant as listed
    PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS INC

Listed patents

Every patent the FDA lists for this product, as the application holder submitted it, with its flags. The FDA does not verify listings.

26 entries from 52 rows as listed; rows merge only where every cell shown is the same, each with its product numbers.

  • US 11,033,495, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,944, 1,970
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-3182
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,179,336, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,945, 1,971
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-3250
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,278,494, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,946, 1,972
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-3250
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,304,904, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,947, 1,973
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-3346
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,311,486, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,948, 1,974
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-3250
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,357,727, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,949, 1,975
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-3380
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,426,348, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,950, 1,976
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-3380
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,452,691, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,951, 1,977
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-3439
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,819,574, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,952, 1,978
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-3250
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,819,575, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,953, 1,979
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-3250
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,925,706, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,955, 1,981
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-3380
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,144,890, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,958, 1,984
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-4033
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,151,024, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,959, 1,985
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-4037
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,296,047, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,965, 1,991
    Expiry as listed
    22 Jan 2041
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-4184
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,931,459, use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,956, 1,982
    Expiry as listed
    17 Mar 2042
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    use code U-3839
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,931,459, use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,957, 1,983
    Expiry as listed
    17 Mar 2042
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    use code U-3840
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 11,918,565, use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,954, 1,980
    Expiry as listed
    2 Feb 2043
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    use code U-3841
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,226,610, use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,961, 1,987
    Expiry as listed
    2 Feb 2043
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    use code U-4148
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,226,610, use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,962, 1,988
    Expiry as listed
    2 Feb 2043
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    use code U-4149
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,226,610, use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,963, 1,989
    Expiry as listed
    2 Feb 2043
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    use code U-4150
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,156,940, product patent

    patent.txt lines 1,960, 1,986
    Expiry as listed
    2 Jul 2044
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,251,468, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,964, 1,990
    Expiry as listed
    2 Jul 2044
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-4152
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,318,483, use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,966, 1,992
    Expiry as listed
    2 Jul 2044
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    use code U-4152
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,370,142, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,967, 1,993
    Expiry as listed
    2 Jul 2044
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-4152
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,728,094, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,968, 1,994
    Expiry as listed
    2 Jul 2044
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-4152
    Product numbers
    001, 002
  • US 12,728,095, product and use patent

    patent.txt lines 1,969, 1,995
    Expiry as listed
    2 Jul 2044
    Rule
    R1
    Flags
    product · use code U-4152
    Product numbers
    001, 002

Listed exclusivities

Each exclusivity FDA lists for NDA 022496, with its code, FDA's definition of the code where the store's code list gives one, and its date as listed.

  • I-929 exclusivity

    exclusivity.txt lines 199–200
    Date
    9 Nov 2026
    Rule
    R3
    Definition
    New indication (to be checked against FDA's list)
    Product numbers
    001, 002

Paragraph IV list rows giving NDA 022496

The rows of FDA's Paragraph IV certifications list as captured on 17 October 2026 whose RLD/NDA cell gives NDA 022496, each cell as listed.

FDA's Paragraph IV list names no patent number, so it does not say which of the patents on this page an applicant certified against.

The list gives the last qualifying patent's expiry without pediatric exclusivity; in the app's Patents view, the Orange Book lists any *PED period as a separate row with its own date. The two dates describe different things. A blank cell is one FDA left blank in its list. Dates are FDA's own; the last qualifying patent expiry is not recomputed from the Orange Book.

Rows whose RLD/NDA cell we could not read as exactly one NDA number are kept apart on the list page; some may concern this product.

Rows on FDA's Paragraph IV list whose RLD/NDA cell gives NDA 022496

  • Bupivacaine Liposome · Injectable Suspension · 133 mg/10 mL

    RLD/NDA as listed: Exparel 22496
    First PIV submission
    28 Dec 2021
    ANDAs
    1
    180-day status
    Deferred
    Decision posted
    8 Jul 2024
    First applicant approval
    1 Jul 2024
    First marketing
    blank
    Last qualifying patent expiry (as listed by FDA)
    22 Jan 2041
  • Bupivacaine Liposome · Injectable Suspension · 266 mg/20 mL

    RLD/NDA as listed: Exparel 22496
    First PIV submission
    20 Aug 2021
    ANDAs
    1
    180-day status
    Deferred
    Decision posted
    8 Jul 2024
    First applicant approval
    1 Jul 2024
    First marketing
    blank
    Last qualifying patent expiry (as listed by FDA)
    22 Jan 2041

Notes from the trace

  • R6 tentative approvals: not in the Orange Book data files as captured; the Drugs@FDA join is a later ruling.

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