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Innocoll gains FDA nod for drug-device pain therapy Xaracoll

Aug. 31, 2020

The FDA came through at last for Athlone, Ireland-based Innocoll Holdings Ltd., greenlighting the drug-device combo Xaracoll (bupivacaine HCl) for acute postsurgical pain relief for up to 24 hours in adults after open inguinal hernia repair.

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